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Critical Thinking: Why is it so hard to teach?
Last updated 2024/05/27
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In this Reading Rockets article, Daniel Willingham explores the topic of critical thinking and how to foster metacognitive skills in the classroom. Willingham notes that background knowledge plays a role in critical thinking and understanding the surface structure of problems. He provides evidence-based strategies, such as promoting thinking within a particular domain to bring everyday thinking into the classroom.
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A1. Transferable Skills
Critical thinking is essential in all areas of the curriculum and this website broadly supports the successful implementation of fostering metacognitive skills to enhance critical thinking.
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This is a good article and it really makes you think about the big push that is always come from the top-down to make critical thinkers in our education systems. After you read this, it makes a lot of sense why students have a difficult time doing math word problems, looking at multiple perspectives in middle school geography and being able to connect the dots in science. Great read for intermediate teachers.
These are great resources. I would love to see research and resources from Canadian researchers as well.