Critical thinking
is the ability to effectively analyze information and form a judgment.
Critical thinking skills help you to:
Identify credible sources
Evaluate and respond to arguments
Assess alternative viewpoints
Test hypotheses against relevant criteria
Low and high order thinking skills
Is a concept popular in American education. It distinguishes critical thinking skills from low-order learning outcomes, such as those attained by rote memorization. HOTS include synthesizing, analyzing, reasoning, comprehending, application, and evaluation.
Analysis
Analysis, the fourth level of Bloom's pyramid, involves students use their own judgment to begin analyzing the knowledge they have learned.
Synthesis
Synthesis, the fifth level of Bloom’s taxonomy pyramid, requires students to infer relationships among sources, such as essays, articles, works of fiction, lectures by instructors, and even personal observations. For example, a student might infer a relationship between what she has read in a newspaper or article and what she has observed herself.
Evaluation
Evaluation, the top level of Bloom's taxonomy, involves students making judgments about the value of ideas, items, and materials.
Scaffolding can be an extremely useful tool for educators looking to design lessons that help students think and work more independently
GATHERING
Count
Describe
Match
Name
Recite
Select
Recall
Tell
PROCESSING
Reason
Contrast
Solve
Compare
Sort
Distinguish
Explain why
Classify
Analyze
Infer
APPLYING
Evaluate
Imagine
Judge
Predict
Speculate
Estimate
Forecast
If…them
Apply a principle
CRITICAL THINKING ACTIVITIES IN ENGLISH CLASSES
Engage students' logic, rationality and judgment in problem-solving inquiries.
Activate students' prior knowledge, encourage creative thinking and stress the importance of evidence-based problem solving.
Serve as engaging and thought-provoking opening assignments that tune students in to the day's lessons
Student Name: Edgar Sanum