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Critical Thinking (spun from Computer Interfaces)



For those of you who are interested in fine-tuning your approach to
critical thinking, there is a website

<http://www.criticalthinking.org/>

which is sponsored by a consortium of non-profits dedicated to
furthering the cause of critical thinking (Foundation for Critical
Thinking, Center for Critical Thinking, National Council for Excellence
in Critical Thinking, International Center for the the Assessment of
Higher Order Thinking).

Here's a quick rundown of the webpages in their online library:

Fundamentals of Critical Thinking
A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking
Recommended Readings in Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: Basic Questions and Answers
Glossary of Critical Thinking Terms
Content is Thinking; Thinking is Content
Helping Students Assess Their Thinking
Universal Intellectual Standards
Valuable Intellectual Traits
Critical Thinking: What Every Person Needs to Survive
in a Rapidly Changing World
How to Teach Video Series

The Role of Questioning
Socratic Teaching
Three Categories of Questions: Crucial Distinctions
The Socratic Questioning Video Series

Micropublications
Why Students--and Sometimes Teachers--Don't Reason Well
Pseudo Critical Thinking in the Educational Establishment
Additional Micropublications

Best wishes,

Larry
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Larry Cartwright <exit60@ia4u.net>
Physics and Physical Science Teacher
Charlotte HS, Charlotte MI USA
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Fran Poodry wrote:

Wes Davis writes:

I know that 'educators' will say that using computers frees
the students from the drudgery and lets them concentrate on
thinking and analysis. uh huh.

It does work, if you spend significant time teaching the students how to
think and analyze and draw conclusions, and emphasize the importance of this
by giving praise and even high grades for good thinking and analysis. I find
that at the high school non-honors level, this takes a significant amount of
time, because the students simply have little or no practice in thinking
critically or analyzing data ...
[snip]