Critical thinking now [electronic resource] : practical teaching methods for classrooms around the world / Nancy Burkhalter.
Teaching critical thinking requires sustained, finely tuned teaching and assessment methods. This book lays out a blueprint to do just that. Specifically, it outlines the necessary components of a critical thinking classroom and provides assessment techniques and ample exercises adaptable to any stu...
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2016]
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Critical Thinking Now: Practical Teaching Methods for Classrooms Around the World |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- Introduction
- How culture colors cognition
- What is critical thinking?
- The critical thinking classroom
- Assessing critical thinking
- Teaching critical thinking in other cultures
- Afterword
- Appendix 1: curriculum for teaching persuasive essays to elementary school children
- Appendix 2: Bloom's taxonomy action verbs
- Appendix 3: to the moon! a launch pad for encouraging reluctant students to express their opinions
- Appendix 4: annotated resources.