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Developing Creative & Critical Thinking Skills

Developing Creative & Critical Thinking Skills . Presented by Debra Bell www.debrabell.com. Knowledge or Memorization Understanding or Comprehension Use or Application . Analysis Synthesis Evaluation or Judgment. Bloom’s Taxonomy 1956. Knowledge or Memorization .

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Developing Creative & Critical Thinking Skills

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  1. Developing Creative & Critical Thinking Skills Presented by Debra Bell www.debrabell.com

  2. Knowledge or Memorization Understanding or Comprehension Use or Application Analysis Synthesis Evaluation or Judgment Bloom’s Taxonomy1956

  3. Knowledge or Memorization • Demonstrated by the ability to define, describe, identify, label, list, match, name, state, outline, reproduce, select and/or underline.

  4. Understanding or Comprehension • Demonstrated by the ability to convert, defend, distinguish, estimate, paraphrase, predict, rewrite and summarize.

  5. Use or Application • Demonstrated by the ability to use the knowledge understood to solve different types of problems.

  6. Analysis • Demonstrated by the ability to diagram, distinguish, illustrate, outline, subdivide, select and separate into categories.

  7. Synthesis • Demonstrated by the ability to create, design, formulate, plan and revise.

  8. Evaluation or Judgment • Demonstrated by the ability to compare, contrast, conclude, criticize, justify and support.

  9. Vincent Ruggiero’s Model • 1988 • Saving Your Child’s Mind

  10. Creative Thinking [Production of Ideas] • Skill in defining problems and issues • Skill in identifying and pursuing the most promising areas of investigation • The ability to postpone judgment • The ability to produce many ideas with ease • Skill in divergent thinking • Imaginativeness

  11. Critical Thinking[Evaluation of Ideas] • Fair-mindedness in analyzing issues • Skill in asking relevant questions • The ability to select appropriate criteria for judgment • Skill in interpreting data • Skill in evaluating reliability of sources • Ability to detect assumptions

  12. Why Are Thinking Skills Important? • Retention

  13. Why Are Thinking Skills Important? • Usefulness • Problem-solving • Decision-making • Invention

  14. The Active Learner • Comes to the learning experience with questions in mind • Strategizes • Learns with a pencil in hand • Has organizational skills • Learns independently

  15. Strategies That Develop Thinking • 1. Teach Your Child To Ask Questions • 2. Analyze Your Resources • 3. Dialogue With Your Child

  16. More Strategies… • 4. Decrease the Amount of Direct Instruction • 5. Activities Should Be Purposeful • 6. Encourage Risk-Taking

  17. Finally • 7. Provide Ample Opportunity For Choice • 8. Give Your Child Time • 9. Value Creativity • 10. Use projects, integrates subjects and small groups

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