Critical Thinking Teaching Methods and Strate.DOCVIP

Critical Thinking: Teaching Methods Strategies Mark Jon Snyder CEO, MSA Consulting Group Adjunct Professor, Elon University OVERVIEW In Review … Research and Definition Requirements of Analyzing and Evaluating Why We Don’t Critically Think Instructional Design of Critical Thinking IDEALS – Six Steps to Critical Thinking Goals of Critical Thinking (CT) The ABC’s of CT Lesson Plans Questioning Techniques The CT Classroom Environment CRITICAL THINKING IN REVIEW The Research on Faculty Indicates… 89% Claim Critical Thinking is a Primary Objective 78% State Students Lack Critical Thinking Skills 19% Can Clearly Define “Critical Thinking” 9% Can Describe How to Teach Critical Thinking in their Discipline 8% Use Critical Thinking Standards in Their Assessment Techniques Definition of Critical Thinking… Informed Decision-Making Thinking About Thinking How to Improve It Actively Analyzing, Synthesizing, Evaluating the Thinking Process A Product of Education, Training, Practice Mental Habit Power Critical Thinking Requires Analytically Questioning… Purpose Concepts and Ideas Assumptions Point of View Information Inferences and Conclusions  Critical Thinking Requires Evaluating the _____ of Your Thinking Clarity Accuracy Precision Relevance Depth Breadth Logic Significance  Why Students (and Teachers) Don’t Critically Think… Too Many Facts, Too Little Conceptualizing Too Much Memorizing, Too Little Thinking Lecture Rote Memorization Does Not Require Critical Thinking Students Are Not “Trained” to Think Critical Thinking is More Than Simple Engagement “Life Comes at You Fast” Instructional Design of Critical Thinking… Knowledge Understanding is Not Gained from Memorization Knowledge is Constructed from Critically Thinking Link Critical Thinking Skills to Content Intellectual Challenge is Focusing on Thinking Rather Than Facts “IDEALS” … Six Steps to Effective Thinking and Problem Solving I – Identify the Problem D – Define the Cont