Using Active Learning to Teach Critical Thinking

Performance Objectives:

• The teacher candidate will provide an operational definition of "critical thinking."
• The teacher candidate will model strategies for explicitly teaching critical thinking using active learning.
• The teacher candidate will model questioning strategies that can be used in class to enhance critical thinking.
• The teacher candidate will explain various approaches that can be used for assessing critical thinking.

Critical Thinking (PowerPoint presentation)

Critical Thinking Dispositions:

• Trying to be well informed
• Staying focused
• Willing to evaluate alternatives
• Taking a supportable position
• Seeking precision
• Proceeding in a logical and orderly manner
• Being sensitive to others’ positions