Critical Thinking For Kids

Author : Julie Bogart
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780593192290

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Raising Critical Thinkers by Julie Bogart Pdf

A guide for parents to help children of all ages process the onslaught of unfiltered information in the digital age. Education is not solely about acquiring information and skills across subject areas, but also about understanding how and why we believe what we do. At a time when online media has created a virtual firehose of information and opinions, parents and teachers worry how students will interpret what they read and see. Amid the noise, it has become increasingly important to examine different perspectives with both curiosity and discernment. But how do parents teach these skills to their children? Drawing on more than twenty years’ experience homeschooling and developing curricula, Julie Bogart offers practical tools to help children at every stage of development to grow in their ability to explore the world around them, examine how their loyalties and biases affect their beliefs, and generate fresh insight rather than simply recycling what they’ve been taught. Full of accessible stories and activities for children of all ages, Raising Critical Thinkers helps parents to nurture passionate learners with thoughtful minds and empathetic hearts.

Author : Linda Elder
Publisher : Foundation Critical Thinking
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Children
ISBN : 0944583296

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The Miniature Guide to Critical Thinking for Children by Linda Elder Pdf

Author : Laurie Rozakis
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Education
ISBN : 0590375261

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81 Fresh & Fun Critical-thinking Activities by Laurie Rozakis Pdf

Help children of all learning styles and strengths improve their critical thinking skills with these creative, cross-curricular activities. Each engaging activity focuses on skills such as recognizing and recalling, evaluating, and analyzing.

Author : Catherine Delamain,Jill Spring
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-10-20
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000193541

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Teaching Critical Thinking Skills by Catherine Delamain,Jill Spring Pdf

This practical teaching resource has been designed to give children aged 9–12 the basic tools required to challenge some of the conflicting information which they may encounter in everyday life. With increasing exposure to modern information technology and social media, amongst other things, children are increasingly exposed to misleading information that can seriously influence their worldview and self-esteem. The sooner they are helped to approach some of this material with a critical eye, the better they will be able to make independent judgements and resist undue persuasion. Key features of this book include: • Short texts designed to give opportunities for critical examination, created to be points of discussion with individuals, groups or whole classes • Topics covering seven areas of critical thought, ordered in level of difficulty, including finding contradictions, and detecting bias and fake news • Supporting teacher prompts and questions, as well as photocopiable resources without prompts The ability to question and evaluate information is an essential life skill, as well as a key skill for academic learning, yet it remains one of the most challenging aspects of comprehension to teach. This is a vital text for teachers, teaching assistants and other professionals looking to develop critical thinking skills in their students.

Author : Clifton Chadwick
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-12
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781475810677

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Teaching Kids to Think Critically by Clifton Chadwick Pdf

This book is based on a simple series of psychological concepts. While ability to think has always been important, the knowledge economy significantly increases the demand for higher order thinking and problem-solving abilities. Parents should take a much more active role in teaching their children to think. Early preschool years are critical because long-term attitudes and early strategies are learned then. Approaches and perspectives on learning to think can be clearly communicated to parents in ways which will make it possible for them to use the correct strategies to stimulate their students to think more clearly and critically. There are five elements involved in good, logical, critical, and creative thinking: 1. The skills involved in effective, efficient, and lasting learning, or commonly referred to as cognitive processing strategies 2. The mastery of logic and structure of what is being learned 3. Awareness of what one knows and does not know, and how one knows and how one thinks 4. The standards or guidelines for the validity and reliability of what one knows, called intellectual standards 5. The knowledge and skills involved in critical thinking and solving problems in different subjects or domains

Author : Mary Roche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-25
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781317642671

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Developing Children's Critical Thinking through Picturebooks by Mary Roche Pdf

This accessible text will show students and class teachers how they can enable their pupils to become critical thinkers through the medium of picturebooks. By introducing children to the notion of making-meaning together through thinking and discussion, Roche focuses on carefully chosen picturebooks as a stimulus for discussion, and shows how they can constitute an accessible, multimodal resource for adding to literacy skills, while at the same time developing in pupils a far wider range of literary understanding. By allowing time for thinking about and digesting the pictures as well as the text, and then engaging pupils in classroom discussion, this book highlights a powerful means of developing children’s oral language ability, critical thinking, and visual literacy, while also acting as a rich resource for developing children’s literary understanding. Throughout, Roche provides rich data and examples from real classroom practice. This book also provides an overview of recent international research on doing ‘interactive read alouds’, on what critical literacy means, on what critical thinking means and on picturebooks themselves. Lecturers on teacher education courses for early years or primary levels, classroom teachers, pre-service education students, and all those interested in promoting critical engagement and dialogue about literature will find this an engaging and very insightful text.

Author : Victor Quinn
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780429817755

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Critical Thinking in Young Minds by Victor Quinn Pdf

How do you protect young minds from the everyday bombardment of "tabloid culture" – the malign cultural influences which are so prevalent in today’s society? Originally published in 1997, stimulating and actively developing children’s philosophical and critical thinking is one answer and an area in which Victor Quinn had enjoyed extraordinary success. Here he conveys to teachers, through successful lesson plans, some of the ideas and techniques that lie behind his achievements, helping them to succeed in this vital area of education. for teachers of early years, primary and early secondary school pupils.

Author : Taylor Lang
Publisher : Rockridge Press
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-25
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1648765343

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Critical Thinking Activities for Kids by Taylor Lang Pdf

Help newly independent readers ages 6 to 9 think more critically Foster a lifelong love of thinking outside the box with activities that show just how fun critical thinking for kids can be. Whether it's using deduction to figure out what ride everyone would enjoy going on at an amusement park or solving math problems with balls instead of numbers, this book of critical thinking for kids is packed with puzzles to exercise their brains. Expand on what new readers are learning in school and give them the tools they need to build thinking skills early. These activities teach them to identify, analyze, reason, evaluate, solve problems, and make decisions. Boost critical thinking for kids with: Guided learning--Puzzles have clear directions and gradually grow in difficulty, helping kids complete challenges and build their abilities without getting frustrated. A variety of activities--Kids will stay engaged as they switch between matching puzzles, logic grids, fill-in-the-blanks, word scrambles, and more. Real-world examples--Keep critical thinking for kids relatable with exercises that are based on fun activities, like visiting the zoo or going to a party. Build critical thinking for kids with an activity book that helps new readers learn to solve problems independently.

Author : Colin Seale
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781000489903

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Thinking Like a Lawyer by Colin Seale Pdf

Critical thinking is the essential tool for ensuring that students fulfill their promise. But, in reality, critical thinking is still a luxury good, and students with the greatest potential are too often challenged the least. Thinking Like a Lawyer: Introduces a powerful but practical framework to close the critical thinking gap. Gives teachers the tools and knowledge to teach critical thinking to all students. Helps students adopt the skills, habits, and mindsets of lawyers. Empowers students to tackle 21st-century problems. Teaches students how to compete in a rapidly changing global marketplace. Colin Seale, a teacher-turned-attorney-turned-education-innovator and founder of thinkLaw, uses his unique experience to introduce a wide variety of concrete instructional strategies and examples that teachers can use in all grade levels and subject areas. Individual chapters address underachievement, the value of nuance, evidence-based reasoning, social-emotional learning, equitable education, and leveraging families to close the critical thinking gap.

Author : D. H. Montgomery
Publisher : Christian Liberty Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2007-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1930092962

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Exploring American History by D. H. Montgomery Pdf

Author : Alec Fisher
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-11-15
Category : Education
ISBN : 0521009847

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Critical Thinking by Alec Fisher Pdf

In this highly accessible book, Alec Fisher shows students how they can develop a range of creative and critical thinking skills that are transferable to other subjects and contexts.

Author : Ellen Galinsky
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-20
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 006173232X

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Mind in the Making by Ellen Galinsky Pdf

"What kind of person do I want my child to be?" There are hundreds of books that give parents advice on everything from weaning to toilet training, from discipline to nutrition. But in spite of this overwhelming amount of information, there is very little research-based advice for parents on how to raise their children to be well rounded and achieve their full potential, helping them learn to take on life's challenges, communicate well with others, and remain committed to learning. These are the "essential life skills" that Ellen Galinsky has spent her career pursuing, through her own studies and through decades of talking with more than a hundred of the most outstanding researchers in child development and neuroscience. The good news is that there are simple everyday things that all parents can do to build these skills in their children for today and for the future. They don't cost money, and it's never too late to begin. In Mind in the Making, Ellen Galinsky has grouped this research into seven critical areas that children need most: (1) focus and self control; (2) perspective taking; (3) communicating; (4) making connections; (5) critical thinking; (6) taking on challenges; and (7) self-directed, engaged learning. For each of these skills, Galinsky shows parents what the studies have proven, and she provides numerous concrete things that parents can do—starting today—to strengthen these skills in their children. These aren't the kinds of skills that children just pick up; these skills have to be fostered. They are the skills that give children the ability to focus on their goals so that they can learn more easily and communicate what they've learned. These are the skills that prepare children for the pressures of modern life, skills that they will draw on now and for years to come. Mind in the Making is a truly groundbreaking book, one that teaches parents how to give children the most important tools they will need. Already acclaimed by such thought leaders as T. Berry Brazelton, M.D., David A. Hamburg, M.D., Adele Faber, and Judy Woodruff, Mind in the Making is destined to become a classic in the literature of parenting.

Author : Michael Baker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1601445075

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The Basics of Critical Thinking by Michael Baker Pdf

Author : Jane Yolen ,Chris Sheban
Publisher : The Creative Company
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781566607025

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What to Do with a Box by Jane Yolen ,Chris Sheban Pdf

Jane Yolen poetically reminds young readers that a simple box can be a child's most imaginative plaything as artist Chris Sheban illustrates its myriad and magical uses. Reviews -Booklist, November 2021 “A Box! A box is a wonder indeed. The only such magic that you’ll ever need.” This book offers gentle suggestions for what to do with a cardboard box, from the practical to the fantastical and from solitary to social.”

Author : Bob Eberle,Bob Stanish
Publisher : PRUFROCK PRESS INC.
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Creative thinking
ISBN : 9781882664269

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CPS for Kids by Bob Eberle,Bob Stanish Pdf

This book will teach your students an exciting and powerful problem-solving method from start to finish (includes 30 reproducible classroom activities). Students will learn to work together and individually to find appropriate and unique solutions to real-world problems by using this tested method. Grades 2-8