Description: Making a list is usually straightforward and requires little thought.But when it comes to ordering and prioritizing items in that list, higher-level skills of analysis and evaluation are put to use. The Visual Ranking Tool brings focus to the thinking behind making ordered lists. Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. They must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to organize ideas, debate differences, and reach consensus.
How I've used it: I have used it to rank student preferences in a get-to-know you activity. I've also used it to faciliate discussion about the causes of wars and conflicts.
How you might use it: Order the steps in a science experiment Order the steps in working a math problem Evaluate the importance of something- i.e., different effects of human beings on ecosystems Evaluate the importance of a group of discoveries or inventions Evalaute the importance of different characters in moving a plot forward or resolving a conflict Evaluate the importance of different elements of style in a particular work Miscellaneous: Nice because a group can see how they are similiar to and different from other groups and the whole
User Friendly: Very
Description:
Making a list is usually straightforward and requires little thought. But when it comes to ordering and prioritizing items in that list, higher-level skills of analysis and evaluation are put to use. The Visual Ranking Tool brings focus to the thinking behind making ordered lists. Students identify and refine criteria as they assign order or ranking to a list. They must explain their reasoning and can compare their work with each other in a visual diagram. This tool supports activities where students need to organize ideas, debate differences, and reach consensus.
How I've used it:
I have used it to rank student preferences in a get-to-know you activity. I've also used it to faciliate discussion about the causes of wars and conflicts.
How you might use it:
Order the steps in a science experiment
Order the steps in working a math problem
Evaluate the importance of something- i.e., different effects of human beings on ecosystems
Evaluate the importance of a group of discoveries or inventions
Evalaute the importance of different characters in moving a plot forward or resolving a conflict
Evaluate the importance of different elements of style in a particular work
Miscellaneous:
Nice because a group can see how they are similiar to and different from other groups and the whole
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http://www.intel.com/about/corporateresponsibility/education/k12/tools.htm