Critical Thinking Posts
16 Characteristics Of A Critical Thinking Classroom
How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.
Using Authentic Audience In PBL To Unlock Critical Thinking
With an authentic audience in PBL, inquiry can help students ask important questions like, ‘Who is our audience and what are…
OPINION: Can We Teach Critical Thinking In Schools?
Can we teach critical thinking in schools? Of course we can. A better question: Are schools designed to teach children to…
50 Sentence Stems for Reading Critically
Critical reading is about gathering knowledge, understanding context, and seeing ideas from multiple perspectives to make sense of a text.
60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves
There are many ways to help students think for themselves. Guide them to dynamic spaces characterized by people, thought, and creativity.
15 Legitimate Ways Daydreaming Improves Thinking
How Does Daydreaming Improve Thinking? The student’s eyes drift to the classroom window and the teacher’s voice fades from consciousness. The…
8 Strategies To Help Students Ask Great Questions
A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create thinkers.
How 21st Century Thinking Is Just Different
The shift toward a fluid, formless, socialized nature of information, thought, and belief is a not a small one.
