Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking is the skill you need to solve problems, analize things from different perspectives, reflect on things and make connections.

Critical Thinking in Education

• Studying means thinking critically
• Critical thinking helps students to develop other skills like creativity

Habits of Minds are patterns of behavior that help people to enhance their critical thinking and are mastered with though experience and effort.

Habits of Mind

• Persisting
• Managing impulsivity
• Listening with understanding and empathy
• Thinking flexibly
• Thinking about thinking
• Striving for accuracy
• Questioning and posing problems

Habits of Mind

• Applying past knowledge to new situations
• thinking and communicating with clarity and precision
• Gathering data through all senses
• Creating, imagining, innovating
• Responding with wonder and awe
• Taking responsible risks
• Finding humor
• Thinking interdependently
• Remaining open to continuous learning

Today,
Critical Thinking is used:

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• Find solutions to problems
• Enhance curiosity
• Reflect on experiences
• Make effective decisions
• Develop plans

Critical Thinking in the Classroom

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• Through puzzles
• Through competition games
• Through reading and interpreting a passage
• Through debates and creative work
• Through essays and reaction papers
• Through listening and connecting phrases or discriminating ideas

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking helps develop communication: empathy and listening skills

Critical Thinking helps develop Creativity: analizing things from different perspectives

Critical Thinking helps develop Collaboration: it make people bring their ideas together to solve problems.

Resources to promote Critical Thinking

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• First Lego - science and math, collaboration and cooperation.
• Critical Thinking lesson plans - critical thinking into core curriculum subjects.
• The Foundation for Critical Thinking - general information and research on critical thinking.
• CAE and CWRA tests - rubrics and assessments to analyze problem solving and creativity skills

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