Critical Thinking and Teamwork

Here is an infograph from Resources for Teachers with some good ideas for practicing critical thinking and teamwork in a short amount of time:

Reflective Questions for Responding to Common Core Texts

Check out this helpful chart from TeachThought

I can see this chart being helpful as students create their own questions to ask themselves, ask others, or respond to in writing. 

Having students create their own questions is a critical thinking task in itself.

Resource Round-Up: July 16, 2013

Today's resource round-up is a mixed-bag:

1. Taxonomy Wheel - A new visual for Bloom's Taxonomy that takes the type of learner into account

2. Gender Bias in the Classroom from TeachThought

3. Well-Behaved Students and Engaged Students Aren't the Same Thing from Education Week

Resource Round-Up: June 11, 2013

Critical thinking skills are key for students to succeed not only in school, but in life as well.

So today we have three resources related to critical thinking:

1) A fun cartoon to get things started:

2) Top Jobs for Critical Thinking: This can help teachers explain that all important "why are we doing this" question

3) Bloom's Taxonomy & Critical Thinking Skills: This provides a good foundation for building questions that will help spark more complex critical thinking as you move down the graphic

Enjoy!