TACTics
Journal
A Publication for and by TOC
for Education Practitioners
January 31, 2003
In this week’s issue:
Networking
(1) TOCFE/Accelerated Learning
Systems: Learning Cause and Effect
Logic, Cheryl A. Edwards
Connections
(2) POOGI Study Day, Eleanor May-Brenneker
Editors’ Notes
(3) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A.
Edwards
NETWORKING
(1) TOCFE/Accelerated Learning Systems:
Learning Cause and
Effect Logic, By Cheryl A. Edwards
Practicing Cause and Effect
Logic
As students followed Yani
through the story, they were taught to use the
Logic Branch. After this
learning, they are given practice activities to
strengthen their use of the
tools. This is an example of an activity that is
provided for the students to
practice what they have learned from
authentic text.
Please note also, that as the
students go through this lesson they will
practice:
• Thinking in cause and effect
logic,
• Drawing inferences,
• Identifying several effects
from one cause, and
• Going back to where the
problem started to find possible solutions.
An Example
Read the following selection:
“The Tough Time”
Winter can be a tough time for
moose. Very deep snow and thick ice
make it hard for animals to
find enough food. Some moose starve to death.
Sometimes moose search for food
along roads and railroad
tracks, where there’s less
snow. They will often eat salt that’s been
put on the roads to melt the
snow. Many moose that eat near roads or
tracks are killed by cars and
trains.
(From Ranger Rick, National
Wildlife Federation)
Based on this text, what
problem is causing the moose to be killed in winter?
Try your logic by answering
these questions and filling in the proper boxes.
Remember to refer back to the
text.
(1) Find the Starting Point in
Box 1: (Often supplied by teacher)
Winter is very cold where moose
live.
(2) IF winter is very cold
where moose live, THEN what? (Box 2)
Click here for an answer: Very
deep snow and thick ice make it hard
for moose to find enough food.
(3) And if the snow and ice
make it hard for moose to find food,
THEN what? Can you find 2
effects? (Boxes 3 and 4)
Click here for an answers:
•Some moose starve to death. •Some
moose search for food along the
roads and railroad tracks.
(4) And if some moose search
for food along the roads and railroad
tracks, THEN what? (Box 5)
Click
for an answer: Many moose are killed by cars and trains.
1.
Starting Point: It is very cold in winter where moose live.
2.
Very deep snow and thick ice make it hard for moose to find enough food.
3.
Some moose starve to death.
4.
Some moose search for food along the roads and railroad tracks.
5.
Many moose are killed by cars and trains.
Finding the Problem
(5) What two boxes tell us what
is happening to the moose in winter?
Click for an answer. (Boxes 3
and 5)
(6) When do these problems
first start?
Click for an answer. Box 2
(7) If we solve the problem
here, do you think the problem will go away?
Why?
Click for an answer: Yes, moose
will have food, won’t starve and won’t
need to go looking for food in
dangerous areas.
Finding a Solution
(8) Can you think of a way to
help the moose? A way that is not so hard
for them to find food when the
weather is bad in winter?
An answer: Put food out for the
moose to find in winter, away from danger.
CONNECTIONS
(2) POOGI Study Day
From Eleanor May-Brenneker, The
Netherlands
WHAT: POOGI Study Day
Subjects are:
• How do we work with 9 layers
of resistance, practical applications?
• How do we use “Creative
writing;” May's Hierarchy Model and
Danilo’s/Francois’ plan in
relevant content situations?
WHERE: Rotterdam, NL
WHEN: Mid-February 2003. (18th
or 15th)
WHO: Open to all TOCFE-ERs in
Holland
EDITORS’ NOTES
(3) Kay Buckner-Seal, Cheryl A.
Edwards.
We welcome your responses,
applications of the thinking processes, lessons,
announcements, and etc. Send by
mail to: Cheryl A. Edwards, 2253 S. Hill
Island Rd., Cedarville,
Michigan 49719, USA. Or, send hyperlink to
cedwards@cedarville.net or
bucknek@earthlink.net.
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