Critical Thinking for Middle School Students

Moment to moment, most thinking happens automatically. When you think critically, you deliberately employ any of the above intellectual tools to reach more accurate conclusions than your brain automatically would (more on this in a bit).

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.6

What is Critical Thinking?

• refer to abilities to be open-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions.

• refer to abilities to be close-minded, mindful, and analytical, and to evaluate, question, reason, hypothesize, interpret, explain, and draw conclusions

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Critical thinking is the opposite of regular, everyday thinking.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

How important is critical thinking in the classroom?

• Not important

• Slightly important

• Very important

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

Which one is NOT part of the 7 critical thinking skills?

• Analysis

• Problem Solving

• Close-mindedness

• Inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

If you have a bowl with six apples and you take four, how many do you have?

• 4 apples
• 2 apples
• 1 apple
• 6 apples

Tags

CCSS.2.OA.A.1

If you only had a match and entered a dark room that contains an oil lamp, firewood and a newspaper, what would you light first?

• the match
• Oil
• firewood
• the newspaper

If an electric train moves north at 160km / h and a 16km / h wind blows west, where does the smoke go?

• there is no smoke
• From north to south
• from south to north
• upwards

What goes up and down, but always stays in the same place?

• the stairs
• your feet
• your fingers
• your back

What goes up, but never goes down?

• age
• the weight
• the gray hair
• belly

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1