Students need ‘HOT’ skills : SO much has been said about HOT or higher-order thinking. What is HOT and why is it important for our students to be equipped with HOT skills?

http://www.thestar.com.my/Opinion/Letters/2014/02/05/Students-need-HOT-skills/


Teachers should be trained on the pedagogical knowledge of HOT and not just on how to develop HOT questions
A revised Bloom Taxonomy would be a suitable reference not only when developing HOT questions but also when making preparation to infuse HOT skills into content instructions.
The Education Ministry should make serious efforts to locate the experts in this particular field of pedagogical knowledge and hire them to ensure that the implementation of HOT in the classrooms would result in students who can perform HOT skillfully to solve problems
Skillful thinkers cannot be developed just by giving students HOT questions.
The teachers should first infuse thinking skills into content instruction before such questions are posed to them.