Today after GAP scoring, we talked a bit about ways to teach critical thinking and what types of assignments or classroom activities we could do to give students the opportunity to gain or demonstrate critical thinking skills.
I'd love us to learn from each other's ideas. What do you do in your classroom to develop your students' critical thinking skills, such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation?
Thank you Dacotah Bank
6 years ago
2 comments:
Chandra,
Excellent question. How do you teach critical thinking pointblank? Do I hand out assignments that make the students reach down and grab their bootstraps and work through something? What if they don't, won't?
I believe that I can teach an 'introduction' to critical thinking. What is it? How do you analyze? Why do I need to analyze? Answering those types of questions is where I would start planning...what do you think?
I think critical thinking can be taught through discussions. Students will benefit from hearing other students' thought processes.
For example, let's say that last week we studied test taking strategies, and now we are studying time management. I'd ask students to point out similarities: get the biggest job/point values out of the way first...Before beginning your week or a test, look over what's a ahead and make a timeline or plan.
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