I'm finding over the years that especially today's students, often lack some degree of analytical thinking as they want the answers the easy way. Thinking things through seems to not a priority. I do try to get them to think their way through a problem/question.
It is satisfying when they start to get it and the dominoes start to fall.
The value and importance of student to students to help in making appropriate decisions
Comment on Alberto Vasquez's post: I agree and I am also excited to utilize the Silent Poster at my campus. This was something I had never heard of previously and really seems rewarding.
Critical Thnking and Problem Solving come from experience
Additional information to get the students to criticality think about what they are trying to learn.
Critical thinking can be taught and doesn't need to be a character trait already present in an individual. It can be honed and developed over time if the skill is possessed. It is a manner of thinking that can open a vast array of possibilities to the individual who chooses to incorporate them.
Comment on Todd Johnson's post: I practice critical thinking with my students when I teach them how to use the learned information and play with it to find the correct answer in a clinical question.
Whenever you can, try to take emotion out of the choice and follow the data.
With quick answers at the fingertips of each of our students via Uncle Google, it is crucial that we dedicate enormous effort and time to encourage the development of critical thinking in our classrooms.
I learned about the relevance of Critical thinking skills, and how important it is to teach students how to develop them.
I also learned about exercises to develop these skills in students that have different personality traits, such as introverts.
Most likely I will use the exercise that divides the classroom into three sections to discuss a topic; I felt this is the one that applies to the subject matter that I currently teach
Don't allow critical thinking to lead to over thinking,
Critical thinking is often used where it is not needed.
Critical thinking may be a useful tool in solving complex problems by developing 1 or more solutions to a problem.
It is very important as an Instructor to assist our postsecondary students to integrate Critical Thinking and Problem-Solving Skills in their training for a job. The relevance of Critical Thinking in present days is high because employers seek future employees able to make sound decisions and solutions for daily problems at the workplace and outside it.
While Critical thinking was the main theme of the module, i enjoyed the tools described to improve critical thinking
Employees need to have good critical thinking skills to be successful in the workplace. Real life application and connections help learners improve these skills. IDEALS was an awesome tool presented to work on problem solving.
This module revealed the importance of encouraging critical thinking in a learning environment. Students will be regularly presented new information and required to show understanding. As an instructor, it is my responsibility to use different tools to help students learn to think critically.
Critical thinking and peer to peer are important for making the right decision for the now and the future. Also a lot more hands on and drawings for the classroom to help grasp the concept of what we are teaching.
At this reflection point in the course, I am gravitating towards the IDEALS framework as a teaching strategy for building/strengthening critical thinking skills in my students. I serve as faculty and program chair for a community college early childhood education program, and am tasked with designing program components that marry the art of science of career readiness for our graduates while respecting that many of our students "after the fact"...that is to say that they have been working in early childhood prior to enrolling in our program. IDEALS might be a great way to meet my students where they are at as they build knowledge in the field and learn how to use it more effectively.
