Critical Thinking

What is a teacher's roll in critical thinking opportunities?

• Encourage students to think for themselves

• Allow students to participate in democratic processes in the classroom

• By modeling self questioning

• All of the above

Answer explanation

As a teacher it is important to embody all of these rolls when displaying how to critically think in and outside the classroom!

For what subjects do you believe critical thinking is used in more often?

(No wrong answers just a survey!)

• Math

• Science

• History

• Language Arts

How could you help your students to understand why critical thinking is important, and what would be a good exercise to model how to incorporate critical thinking when doing something such as determining the credibility of an article?

Which of the following is not one of the four guidelines that help students find accurate information?

• Review

• Analyze

• Annotate

• Synthesize

• Evaluate

True or false: You don't need to role model Critical Thinking to students because it is something that all students will naturally learn themselves

• True

• False

Which of the following is an affective question to teach students to ask themselves when looking at resources?

• Were the resources I uses fun and easy to read?

• Were the resources varied and from places I can trust?

• Did I use only one resource so that I don't overwhelm the reader?

• Did I make sure not to consider the issues objectively as this can take a long time?