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Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking

Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking. January 13, 2014 Winter Assessment and Development Day Jane Fiske. How Effective a Critical Thinker Am I? Scale of 1-5 (5=highest). I live as though critical thinking is a priority in all areas of my life.

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Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking

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  1. Strategies for Teaching Critical Thinking January 13, 2014 Winter Assessment and Development Day Jane Fiske

  2. How Effective a Critical Thinker Am I?Scale of 1-5 (5=highest) • I live as though critical thinking is a priority in all areas of my life. • I strive to form the most well-reasoned beliefs possible. • I always try to support my beliefs with thoughtful reasons and compelling evidence. • I am very open-minded and view situations from many different perspectives. • I am acutely aware of how my personal “lenses” shape and color what I experience. • I carefully evaluate the information that I received and the sources that provide it for accuracy and credibility. • I am an insightful, powerful, and confident critical thinker.

  3. 5-Steps to Improve Critical Thinking Step 1: Define the issue clearly. Step 2: Consider all the possible choices. Step 3: Gather all relevant information and evaluate the pros and cons of each possible choice. Step 4: Select the choice that seems to best meet the needs of the situation. Step 5: Implement a plan of action and then monitor the results, making necessary adjustments.

  4. How Creative Am I?Scale of 1-5 (5=highest) • I believe creativity is important. • I am willing to take creative risks. • I make time to use my imagination. • My actions reflect my own ideas. • I am usually “mindful”: sensitive, aware, focused. • I approach life with a questioning attitude. • I often involve others in my creative process.

  5. 4-Steps to Improve Creative Thinking Step 1: Understand and trust the creative process. Step 2: Eliminate the “Voice of Criticism.” Step 3: Establish a creative environment. Step 4: Make creativity a priority.

  6. Questioning Vital for Effective Critical and Creative Thinking

  7. Bloom’s Taxonomy

  8. Identifying Reports, Inferences, and Judgments Visuals Text News Media Internet Articles Newspapers

  9. Evaluation of New Media Criteria 1: Authority Criteria 2: Accuracy Criteria 3: Objectivity Criteria 4:Currentness

  10. Relate and OrganizeInformation and Concepts

  11. Class Projects • Assessment Tool • Personal Symbolism Collage • Creative Art Work • Art Event Attendance • Debate Teams • Position Paper • Presentation

  12. Bibliography Chaffee, John. Thinking Critically. 10th ed., Boston: Wadsworth, Cengage Publishing, 2012. Vaughn, The Power of Critical Thinking. 4th ed., New York: Oxford University Press, 2013. Browne, M. Neil and Keeley, Stuart M., Asking the Right Questions: A Guide to Critical Thinking .4th ed., New Jersey: Pearson Education Inc., 2007. http://www.criticalthinking.org// Major website on critical thinking http://www.umb.edu/academics/caps/degree/creative-thinking University of Mass, Boston Program http://academic.research.microsoft.com/Keyword/8425/creative-thinking Microsoft research http://www.ocpe.gmu.edu/programs/mgmt_org_dev/creative_thinking.php George Mason University

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