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Critical Thinking / December 17, 2021

“Explain how ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ both reinforces and challenges prevailing social norms both then (release date) and today.”

These quotes about critical thinking can be used to generate reflection, writing & discussion about critical thinking’s value in a society.

Why might you need alternatives to Bloom’s Taxonomy? While wonderful, it neglects important ideas that see the whole child.

Learning leads to knowledge and knowledge leads to theories just like theories lead to knowledge. It’s all circular in such an obvious way.

Graphic organizers allow students to visualize, order, and categorize concepts using verbal representations & visuals.

Guiding inquiry-based learning centers learning on a solving a particular problem or answering a central question.

From part to whole to synonyms and antonyms, to cause and effect and step and sequences, here are good examples for teaching with analogies.

How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.

Logical fallacies are irrational arguments made through faulty reasoning common enough to be named for its respective logical failure.

The 3-2-1 strategy is a simple way to frame a topic or task, making it useful for anything from discussion prompts to inquiry learning.

Critical thinking strategies often employ multiple data sources and perspectives in pursuit of understanding.

With an authentic audience in PBL, inquiry can help students ask important questions like, ‘Who is our audience and what are their needs?’