How to Teach Critical Thinking
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In this Occasional Paper Series from Education Future Frontier, cognitive scientist Daniel Willingham takes a deep dive into the science behind teaching critical thinking and offers strategies such as understanding the domain knowledge required for understanding, creating conditions for transferable skills, and understanding the structure of the problem, to help students gain and use critical thinking skills across the curricula.
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Critical thinking is essential in all areas of the curriculum and this article broadly supports the successful implementation of developing critical thinking skills across all curricula.Â
