This is the presentation given for the SNUE interns.

1. By Evgeniya “Jane” Borisova

2.  Introduce the concept of Critical Thinking
 Discuss the importance of developing Critical
Thinking skills
 Bloom’s Taxonomy and Critical Thinking
 Hands on! Samples of Critical Thinking lessons
 Try it out! Design of content area lessons
incorporating Critical Thinking

3. Critical thinking is an ability to recognize if a
certain notion/concept/idea or claim is always
true, partly true, or false. The concept of
Western Critical Thinking comes from ancient
Greece and represents Socratic school of
thought.

4.  Do they have a 4th of July in England?
Yes
No
Maybe
I don't know
 There are 3 apples and you take away 2.
How many do you have?
One...
Two...
...Three...
...Four

5. According to Facione (2013) the following
abilities form critical thinking:
 Ability to interpret information
 Ability to analyze and synthesize
information
 Ability to evaluate information
 Ability to infer (identify elements/signs to
draw conclusions)
 Ability to explain phenomena
 Ability to self-regulate (understand one’s
own thinking process)

6. Source: 2013. Facione, PA, “Critical Thinking: What It is and Why it Counts”

7. Why is it especially important to start
developing ct skills in elementary
students?

8.  Due to the current educational reform NCLB
students are required to memorize enormous
amounts of information to just be able to
reproduce it on the test.
 The assumption is that once that information
is memorized the students will always
remember it.
 CT instruction allows to build upon existing
knowledge and develop independent judgment
of important concepts.
 By developing CT in elementary students
teachers reinforce their ability to transfer
content knowledge from across the
curriculum.
Source:2005. Published by The Critical Thinking Co.

9. What do students think
about CT?

10. Bloom’s Taxonomy is a system developed in
1956 by Benjamin Bloom to categorize
intellectual skills and behavior important for
learning. Bloom distinguished six cognitive
levels: knowledge, comprehension,
application, analysis, synthesis, and
evaluation, with the level of difficulty rising
from basic knowledge-recall skills to the
highest level, evaluation.

15. Now it’s your turn to…

16.  Create at least 5 lesson objectives
 Use Bloom’s taxonomy verbs to help
formulate the objectives
 Design several CT activities for your lesson
 Plan for the lesson delivery