We all endorse it and we all want our students to do it. We also claim to teach it. “It” is critical thinking, and very few of us actually teach it or even understand what it is.
—PAUL & ELDER, 2013; NILSON, 2018
Chapter 6: Learning Design: Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills
Learn More: Resources for Further Exploration
- Flip Learning: Breakout Edu: Ten Things to Know (flippedlearning.org/tools_apps/breakout-edu-10-things-know)
- Wabisabi Learning: The Critical Thinking Skills Cheat Sheet (bit.ly/2WKCZXX)
- Google for Education: Exploring Computational Thinking (edu.google.com/resources/programs/exploring-computational-thinking)
- Code.org: Hour of Code Activities (code.org/learn)
- Hour of Code: Coding Adventures (playcodemonkey.com/blog/hour-of-code/coding-adventure)
- Lulu: Online Self-publishing Book & eBook Company (lulu.com)
- Makerspace for Education (makerspaceforeducation.com/makerspace.html)
- Tynker: Why Coding? (tynker.com/content/why-coding)
Deep Dive
- Aungst, G. (2014). Using Webb’s Depth of Knowledge to increase rigor. Retrieved from edutopia.org/blog/webbs-depth-knowledge-increase-rigor-gerald-aungst
- Beyer, B. K. (1988). Developing a Scope and Sequence for Thinking Skills Instruction. Educational Leadership, 45(7), 26-30.
- Halpern, D. F. (2013). Thought and knowledge: An introduction to critical thinking. (5th Ed.) Psychology Press.
- Lai, E. R. (2011). Critical thinking: A literature review. Pearson’s Research Reports, 6, 40-41. (bit.ly/2wUlRjt)
- Visible Thinking (Project Zero initiative, Harvard Graduate School of Education) (bit.ly/2IGOqGp)