This document discusses strategies for developing Gulf Arab students' critical thinking skills through asking questions. It begins with definitions of critical thinking from various scholars. It then discusses why critical thinking is important to teach students. The document outlines some intellectual standards of critical thinking like clarity, accuracy, relevance, depth and breadth. It provides examples of questions teachers can ask students to develop these standards. Finally, it suggests several methods for helping Gulf Arab students improve their critical thinking abilities, such as explaining what critical thinking means, encouraging question asking, analyzing and improving statements, and using controversial issues and ambiguity.

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2. Developing Gulf Arab Students’ Critical Thinking Skills Through Asking Questions by Ozgur Pala English Foundation Program Qatar University Doha, Qatar April 9, 2011

22. Questions on Depth

25. Questions on logicality

29. Questions on Fairness