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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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