Using analogies to teach problem solving! Example: Yogurt is to Soft as Potato Chip is to _____. As students use clues to solve the puzzles, they must make comparisons, analyze attributes, find associations, use visual/verbal discrimination, and form logical patterns. The 21 lesson pages featured here first pose simple concrete analogies and then progress to more abstract problems. With these step-by-step exercises, children are sure to get plenty of critical reasoning practice.

Critical Thinking Skills Analogies

Education & Teaching

Ellie Weiler

Schools & Teaching

Remedia Publications

Creating a written plan that organizes ideas or facts in a logical order. 
The 44 lessons in this book will give students plenty of practice with all aspects of Outlining. Exercises focus on the parts of an outline, finding main and sub-topics, writing paragraphs from an outline, creating an outline and then a report, and more. 
With the skills taught in this unit, students will be better equipped to use an outline to write stories and reports.

Outlining (Grade 5-8) | Reproducible Activity Book

Children's Books

Teach problem solving! The 24 lessons in this unit are designed to help students turn abstract problems into graphic, semi-concrete formats. This ability is an important step in the development of effective problem-solving techniques. Example:"Planted four rows of flowers. Six plants in each row." How many flowers? Draw a picture to show how to solve each problem.By creating a visual representation of the components of a problem, students can more easily perform necessary operations. They can also see the logic – or absence of logic – in their solutions. The sequential activities featured here will most certainly help young learners develop critical thinking skills.

Critical Thinking Skills: Sequence | Reproducible Activity Book

Critical reading, thinking, and understanding are required in order to answer the questions that follow each of the short articles in this 25-lesson book. 
Some of the questions call for factual answers found in the text. Other questions are based on the reader’s ability to apply logic, make inferences, recognize cause and effect, draw conclusions, and use reason to come up with answers. Clever illustrations pertaining to the topics are sometimes part of the comprehension process.

Specific Skills Series: Reading to Understand | Reproducible Activity Book

Primary Thinking Skills: Drawing Solutions / Finding Facts | Reproducible Activity Book

Critical Thinking Skills: Absurdities | Reproducible Activity Book

Promote thinking! 
Analysis is the ability to break a whole into its component parts and understand how each functions as part of the whole. The ability to reason logically is a major skill at this step of the critical thinking process. 
The 27 lessons in this unit include a variety of analogies and puzzles. As students work the exercises they learn to examine the whole, make judgments about the pieces, and finally see how these pieces relate to each other. 
Example:\n“Hoot. Clang. Creak. Yelp. Whinny…: A door that needs oiling would ____. A hungry 
Horse would ____. A frightened puppy would ____.” 
These sequential activities are sure to improve thinking and logic skills. And, because they seem more like games than work, students will have loads of fun.

Critical Thinking Skills: Analysis | Reproducible Activity Book

Applying information. “Application” is the use of information that is recalled and understood. When students use acquired facts and skills in a new situation, they are practicing the transfer of solutions from one problem to another. 
The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in applying knowledge to practical situations. Students are asked to do alphabetical ordering, work with dictionary definitions, sequence time/size/money, compare shapes, finish sentences, and more using information provided or recalled.

Critical Thinking Skills: Application | Reproducible Activity Book

Informed thinking! “Knowledge” is defined by Bloom’s Taxonomy as “the obtaining and recall of information.” As such, it is an important step in building effective thinking and problem solving skills. When students are able to absorb information or easily recall it, their ability to effectively think and reason is expanded.The 26 lessons in this unit provide plenty of practice in areas that emphasize knowledge.Classifying shapes and words: (“Things you put air in: beach ball, saw, tires, skis…”), analyzing images: (“If the sentence is a FACT you can prove by the picture, write FACT on the line.”), distinguishing real from make-believe (“Mr. Bibble sent his nephew a monkey that could make a banana cream pie.”) are just some of the exercises featured.

Critical Thinking Skills: Knowledge

Critical Thinking Skills: Evaluation | Reproducible Activity Book

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