Promoting Critical Thinking Skills With Children Classes

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Aspects of critical thinking:1. Critical thinking is a productive and positive

activity.

2. Critical thinking is a process, not an

outcome.

3. Manifestations of critical thinking vary

according to the contexts in which it occurs.

4. Critical thinking is triggered by positive as wellas negative events.

5. Critical thinking is emotive as well as rational.


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1. Are all teachers aware enough of suchproductive process that might be missing during

the note-taking in children classes?

2. Do all teachers put the note-taking stage in

account when teaching children classes?

3. Have there been elicitations during the WB

consolidation or what-so-called note-taking in

children classes? Or do teachers just take it for

granted?


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Not all teachers are aware of the exploringprocess of the childrens English ability in thenote-taking stage.

Some teachers, perhaps most teachers ingeneral, consider note-taking is just ataking-down-the-note activity, not an

interactive student-centered activity in whicha lot of elicitations are involved.


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Days and Months

Monday, Tuesday,Wednesday,Thursday, Friday,Saturday

January, February,March, April, etc

Days and Months

What day is it afterSunday? The dayafter Sunday isTuesday.

The day __________ isFriday.

The month before

March is April. The month _________

is August.


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Critical thinking is . . .

Thinking outsidethe box

Divergent thinkingForming logicalinferences

Limitless thinkingHigher level thinking


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(Involve students to create the dialogue)

Teacher : It is 4:20 now. You are at ILP. What are you doing

now? Are you playing basketball?

You : No, I am not playing basketball now (Why?)

because I am at ILP.

Teacher : So, what are you doing now?

You : I am writing now. (Ask each std to say differently)________________________

________________________

Teacher : What about your mother? What is she doing now?

You : She is working now._________________________


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The question is:

How to produce notes that candevelop critical thinking skillsof the children students?


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Step 5: Provide feedback and assessment oflearning

Provide feedback to students

Create opportunities for self-assessment

Utilize feedback to improve instruction

learningStep 4: Review, refine, and improve

Monitor class activities Collect feedback from students

Step 2: Teach through questioning Develop appropriate questions

Employ questioning techniques

Encourage interactive discussion

Step 3: Practice before you assess

Choose activities that promote active learning Utilize all components of active learningStep

Step 1: Determine learning objectives

Define behaviors students should exhibit

Target behaviors in higher order thinking

5-Step Model to Move Students toward CriticalThinking


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A. T. Wyatt, Ed. D, McMurry Universityhttp://cs1.mcm.edu/~awyatt/csc3315/bloom.htm
http://cs1.mcm.edu/~awyatt/csc3315/bloom.htmhttp://cs1.mcm.edu/~awyatt/csc3315/bloom.htm


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Showing the two different note contents withthe same title to some teachers and askingtheir opinion on which was more meaningful.And the answer was the one without grids.

Surprisingly they said that because that notecould develop stds critical thinking skill.

Giving out the sample of the meaningful notecontent, which was put inside the syllabusfolder of children levels.


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Bear in mind that:

The ability to solve problems is a

necessary life skill

And that is what we have to include inour students learning activity.

Happy creating

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