Critical Thinking1 (English)
Critical Thinking1 (English)
Critical Thinking1 (English)
DEFINITIONS
Activity 1
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Using questions:
King (1995) identifies ways of using questions in the
classroom:
Reciprocal/peer Questioning: Following a lecture,
the teacher displays a list of question stems( such as
what are the strengths and weaknesses of.. Students
must write questions about the lecture material. In
small groups , the students ask each other the
question and then, the whole class discusses some of
the questions from each small group
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Teaching points:
Introduce and use the technical terms.
Clearly state the goals of critical thinking instructions
Do not go overboard
Spend time describing and defining your definition of
critical thinking.
Explain that critical thinkers aren’t necessarily jerks.
Be mindful of opportunities to mention critical thinking.
Study the skills list and emphasize them when and where
appropriate.
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Thank you