The document discusses strategies for developing critical thinking skills in students. It recommends that teachers ask different types of questions, including recall, comprehension, and higher-level questions. Teachers should wait for student responses and input. The document also suggests incorporating technology, such as online research of other cultures. Students should work in groups on problem solving, and teachers should model critical thinking techniques for students.

1. DEVELOPING CRITICAL THINKING

2.  Recall questions to check vertical knowledge
 Wait before accepting answers
 Comprehension questions to check for student
understanding of concepts or ideas
 Wait after answers for additional student input
 Higher level questions to develop higher level
thinking
POSING QUESTIONS

3.  Research by student to support position
 Develop higher thinking presentations by students
 Web research of other cultures for study
 Study foreign student(s) culture for research
 Collaboration with other schools online
 Develop rules for Web searching
INCORPORATE TECHNOLOGY

4.  Focus discussion boundaries
 Introduction of new concepts – check for
understanding
 Differentiate questions to aid students in using
different types of thinking
 Devise questions to help students form, and then
question opinions
PREPLANNED QUESTIONS

5.  Learning to work in groups – high level answers to
posed problems
 No way – Best way; support your group’s solution
 Intra-group cooperation – group dynamic skills
 Inter-group competition – teamwork and pressure
 Higher order thinking problems to stimulate group
 Learn to combine differing talents to succeed
GROUP PROBLEM SOLVING

6.  Have groups develop a sample problem
 Brainstorm with groups to develop questions to guide
problem solution
 discuss importance of activating previous knowledge
 Show process of analyzing information to reach solution
 Model research techniques with technology
 Discuss potential obstacles and ways to cross them
 Present solution for higher order discussion by groups
MODELING CRITICAL THINKING

7. DEVELOPING CREATIVITY

8.  Show students how to be Creative
 Build student confidence
 Be creative yourself
 Make it FUN
 Mistakes are OKAY
 Try different materials
 Allow students to discover
MODELING

9.  Integrate subjects to stimulate creativity
 Allow time after questions for higher thinking
 Allow time after answer for others to engage
 Help students discover vertical knowledge
 Develop questions to help students self-assess
 Student devised questions for discussion
 Build to higher level questions for higher thinking
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

10.  Reward creativity
 Applaud risk takers
 No wrong answer, just different views
 Try different technologies to stimulate creativity
 Help students build on their creativity
 Find out what excites them
 Show that frustration is part of learning
SAFE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT

11.  Discover your students experiences, tell them yours
 Honest, truthful, and sincere and expect it returned
 Ask students to look at issues from alternate
viewpoints
 Self-image exploration by students
 Peer evaluations and cross assessment of projects
 Time management skills for life
REAL LIFE ISSUES

12.  Collaboration increases creativity
 Let groups design their own project
 Allow options to demonstrate learning
 Define obstacles as learning opportunities
 Discuss anxiety and self-control for success
 Discuss learning obstacles you have encountered
 Design questions to help groups handle obstacles
GROUP/PARTNER WORK