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1. Developing Student
Thinking Skills
Darrin Thomas
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2. Thinking Skills
● Clarification
● Basis
● Inference
● Evaluation

3. Clarification
● Determining what is known and
unknown
– KWL, SWOT analysis
● Develop questions

4. Basis
● Categorize what you know
– Fact-True and testable
● Michael Jordan won 6 titles
– Opinion- Untestable
● Michael Jordan is great

5. Inference
● Drawing conclusions from data
● Inductive-Examples lead to conclusion
● Deductive-Conclusion supported by
examples

6. Evaluation
● Developing a criteria for judging
decision.

7. Developing Skills
● Demonstrating
● Questioning
● Verbalize thinking

8. Conclusion
Thinking Skills
Clarification
Basis
Inference
Evaluation
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