This guide presents 30 instructional ideas based on the goal of teaching all subjects so that, as a consequence, students take ownership of the most basic principles and concepts of the subject. Most of our suggestions represent possible teaching strategies. They are based on a vision of instruction implied by critical thinking and an analysis of the weaknesses typically found in most traditional didactic lecture/quiz/test formats of instruction. Students should master fundamental concepts and principles before they attempt to learn more advanced concepts. If class time is focused on helping students perform well on these foundational activities, we feel confident that the goals of most instruction will be achieved. Our goal is not to dictate to you, but to provide you with possible strategies with which to experiment. The specific suggestions we recommend represent methods and strategies we have developed and tested with our students. Judge for yourself their plausibility. Test them for their practicality. Those that work (i.e., improve instruction) keep; those that do not work, abandon or re-design.

A Miniature Guide For Those Who Teach On How to Improve Student Learning

Business & Money

Dr. Linda Elder

Dr. Richard Paul

Education & Reference

Foundation on Critical Thinking

Designed to give the reader insight into the basic functions of the human mind and how knowledge of these functions (and their interrelations) can enable one to use one's intellect and emotions more effectively

The Miniature Guide to Taking Charge of the Human Mind

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Foundation for Critical Thinki

The history of education is also the history of short-term solutions to deep-seated educational problems. While programs like No Child Left Behind or Common Core Curriculum are well-intentioned, they result in intense fragmentation of energy and resources in schools. A Critical Thinker’s Guide to Educational Fads critiques many current educational trends, illuminating their underlying motivations and providing holistic, sustainable solutions. Teachers, school administrators, and policy makers will find this book an eye-opening overview of education trends and fads, and a refreshing outlook on future reform. As part of the Thinker’s Guide Library, this book advances the mission of the Foundation for Critical Thinking to promote fairminded critical societies through cultivating essential intellectual abilities and virtues within every field of study across the world.

A Critical Thinker's Guide to Educational Fads: How to Get Beyond Educational Glitz and Glitter

Richard, Paul

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Foundations of Critical Thinking

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