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Our journey into critical thinking

John Weinshel tells how teachers at Benjamin Banneker Middle School worked with TC2 staff on a professional development project to enhance their students’ thinking and understanding.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
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How adequate is the evidence?

Students judge the evidence used to support conclusions made about the various methods of generating electricity. Students begin by exploring the differences and relationships between evidence, reasons, and conclusions. They then examine the criteria for assessing the adequacy of evidence. Students …
Subjects: Science
Grades: 10, 11, 12
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Rate individual significance

Students examine the impact of an influential figure and judge their relative importance to society. They develop an understanding of the importance of individual figures and of judging these individuals based on their qualities, actions, ability to overcome obstacles and overall contributions to cu…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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Back to the future

Students identify the themes in a selected Shakespeare play that also exist in contemporary society, and create a collage representing this relationship. Students then judge which of the themes in the play is most relevant today.
Subjects: English/Language Arts
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Acknowledging the contributors

Students rate the effects of various impeding and contributing factors on a significant historical event (making safe and affordable birth control available to Canadian women). Students then rank order the most significant contributors to the event.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, History
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Teaching Students to Use Criteria

This resource clearly explains the importance of criteria in critical thinking. When students are invited to respond to critical questions, criteria enable them to carefully weigh the options and make reasoned judgments about those questions. The resource provides teachers with practical tools and s…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $14.95
Format: Print