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Reading as ThinkingPilimmaksarniqFebruary 2015
Reading as ThinkingPilimmaksarniqFebruary 2015
Maria Vamvalis The Critical Thinking Consortium
Explain the imageUse visual clues to develop an informative explanation of the image.
A Definition of Critical Thinking
TC2 defines critical thinking as the thinking through of a problematic situation about what to believe or how to act where the thinker makes a reasoned judgment that reflects competent use of the intellectual tools for quality thinking.
TC2 Model of Critical Thinking
TC2 Model of Critical Thinking
Community of Thinkers
Community of Thinkers
Critical Challenges
Critical Challenges
Teach and Assess the
Intellectual Tools
Background Knowledge
Criteria for Judgment
Critical Thinking Vocabulary
Thinking StrategiesHabits of Mind
Reading
Cracking the codeCracking the code Constructing meaningConstructing meaning
(before word thinking) (after word thinking)
Critically Thoughtful
Readers
Activate
AnticipateExtract
Challenge
Deliberate
•Personal knowledge and experience
• knowledge from other sources
• Micro level: next events in the text
• Macro level: text organization and structure
• Draw out the details of the text and the overall meaning
both explicit and implied
• Question emerging
interpretation and understanding of
the text• Question the
merits of the text given its purpose.
•Explore the ideas and issue presented in the
text and their implications beyond
the text .
© The Critical Thinking Consortium, 2009
It is not sufficient to help students understand the text they read. We must teach students to be detectives engaged in an inquiry that builds meaning by thinking and making judgments before, during and after reading.
- Mary Abbott
It is not sufficient to help students understand the text they read. We must teach students to be detectives engaged in an inquiry that builds meaning by thinking and making judgments before, during and after reading.
- Mary Abbott
Reading as Thinking
Critically ThoughtfulReaders
Activate
Anticipate
Extract
Challenge
Deliberate
infer
Skimming and
scanning
Word Sort
Brainstorming
What, So What,
ThereforeLiterature Circles
placematsStoryboarding
Mindmapping main ideas and details
Marking or coding the
text
Talk to the text
Questioning the text / raising doubts
Reading Competencies
© The Critical Thinking Consortium, 2009
A self-regulated tool is purposeful, used independently (not only upon request) and thoughtfully chosen (selected from an array of possible options).
Critically Thoughtful
Readers
Activate
AnticipateExtract
Challenge
Deliberate
Each reading competence requires critical thought
supported by thinking tools
© The Critical Thinking Consortium, 2015
© The Critical Thinking Consortium
Questions • Ask a powerful question of the people in the image.
• Which question asked was most effective?
• Create a great question designed to help someone understand this image.
relevant/timely
probing/insightful/requires thinking
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Comparisons
• What is the biggest difference between the art forms represented in these images?
• Which of the listed effects has been the most significant?
magnitude (how deep/significant)
frequency (how often)
scope (how widespread)
Tools for Thought
• modular collection • embeds critical thinking tools in
every subject area• targeted for grades 5-10;adaptable
for earlier grades
Formats• PDF • Interactive whiteboard • PowerPoint
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