Kyla Sanders

I learned that I am mostly a " Decision dependent problem solver". There are both pros and cons to this kind of thinking. Pros are associated with extensive evaluation, cons are associated with the time required to make a decision. 

As a high school teacher, I have had the different "learning styles" engrained into my brain over and over again, but I haven't been explicitly taught the importance of the different types of intelligences. Knowing these is arguably more important than knowing the learning styles, because the types of intelligences can indirectly allow the instructor to teach in multiple modalities, to multiple learners, meet multiple needs, etc. 

The concept of discipline stood out the most to me, as I have witnessed issues with this in the high school classes I teach. Students are often times not motivated to invest their time, energy, effort, etc. BUT as an instructor, you have the opportunity to convince them that these things are important, and thus enable them to think more critically in the classroom.

Science seems so black and white (these are the steps of transcription, this is what happens when your cells don't have enough oxygen, etc.) but critical thinking can still be incorporated in science classes when the instructor has students APPLY what they have learned to probing, open-ended questions. These questions are the most difficult for students because they almost prefer the more sequential/memorization questions because they don't require as much effort.