CRITICAL THINKING

USING THE STUDENT TOOL

Focusing Our Vision

Critical Thinking and Metacognition

Critical Thinking – the art of analyzing and evaluating thinking with a view to improving it

Metacognition – knowledge about thinking: knowledge of your own thoughts and the factors that influence your own thinking

Reflections of Critical Thinking

Tools we have used to increase Critical Thinking in the classroom thus far have been directed toward teacher usage:

Rigor, Relevance and Relationship DefinitionsLearning Walk GuideBloom’s Higher Order Questions ChartFOV Unit Planning Template with Design

Questions

Metacognition

Moving to STUDENT METACOGNITION

Bloom’s Review

Reader’s Theatre ~“The Big Bad Wolf Meets Bloom’s”

Introduction of the StudentCritical Thinking Tool

Bloom’s Blurbs Brigade

Group Activity: At your table, deal out 5-6 of the Bloom’s Blurbs

One at a time discuss which LEVEL of Bloom’s Taxonomy you are using

Use your STUDENT TOOL to check your work

Hint: Though a “blurb” may demonstrate several levels of thinking, can you identify the highest order thinking skill?

Video Clips

Click here for the Primary VideoClick here for the Intermediate VideoClick here for the Middle School VideoClick here for the High School Video

What does a critical thinking classroom learning community look like?

TEACHER:

Promotes Bloom’s Taxonomy as a framework for critical thinking

Defines critical thinking behaviors students should exhibit

Provides a variety of Bloom’s levels of thinking within a unit

Models appropriate questioning techniques Shows evidence of Bloom’s Taxonomy implementation in

unitsFacilitates student peer collaboration

What does a critical thinking classroom learning community look like?

STUDENT:Recognizes and identifies Bloom’s TaxonomyIncorporates Bloom’s terminology into

learning experiencesUses question stems to challenge themselves

and othersDemonstrates self-assessment strategies for

reflection

What does a critical thinking classroom learning community look like?

PLC:

Shares critical thinking lessons and student work samples

Trains teachers in the critical thinking protocol

Analyzes student work samples for critical thinking indicators

 

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