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Let’s jump right in!

Let’s jump right in!. Study the photos that are on your table. (Do not remove any stickers or Post-its.) With your table partners, try to determine the function or context of each photo. Choose one photo, and complete a “claim form” defending your determination.

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Let’s jump right in!

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  1. Let’s jump right in! • Study the photos that are on your table. (Do not remove any stickers or Post-its.) • With your table partners, try to determine the function or context of each photo. • Choose one photo, and complete a “claim form” defending your determination.

  2. Five Activities to Promote Critical Thinking in Any Classroom

  3. What do we mean by “critical thinking”? • The objective analysis and evaluation of an issue in order to form a judgement, (Google dictionary) • Disciplined thinking that is clear, rational, open-minded, and informed by evidence, (dictionary.com) • Characterized by careful analysis and judgement, (Webster’s New World Dictionary)

  4. Five Critical Thinking Activities (and maybe a few more) • Mystery Pieces

  5. Five Critical-Thinking Activities • Mystery Pieces, (and custom puzzles) • “Ramp It Up”

  6. Seven minus two plus a few more Critical Thinking Activities • Mystery Pieces, (and custom puzzles) • “Ramp It Up” • “Single-Layer Concept Builder” • Analogies • Left-brain, Right-brain journals • Cornell notes • Error Analysis • Word Maps • False Definitions • Drawing, tableau, sculpture • Cause and effect chain • Place Post-its on examples in magazines, newspapers, around campus, etc.

  7. Five Critical Thinking Activities • Mystery Pieces, (and custom puzzles) • “Ramp It Up” • “Single-Layer Concept Builder” • “Multi-Layer Concept Builder”

  8. Five _______Thinking Activities (and maybe a few more) • Mystery Pieces, (and custom puzzles) • “Ramp It Up” • “Single-Layer Concept Builder” • “Multi-Layer Concept Builder” • “Apples to Apples”

  9. Fourteen Activities to ______ Critical Thinking in Any Classroom • Mystery Pieces, (and custom puzzles) • “Ramp It Up” • “Single-Layer Concept Builder” • “Multi-Layer Concept Builder” • “Apples to Apples” • Fishbowl

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