EDUU 512 DB#5

Week 5-Promoting Critical Thinking

Common Core video “Evidence and Arguments: Multiple Ways of Experiencing a Text 9-10 ELA” https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/literacy-analysis-lesson

Design Thinking: A Problem Solving Framework (K-8)

https://www.edutopia.org/video/design-thinking-problem-solving-framework

STEAM + Project-Based Learning: Real Solutions From Driving Questions (3rd Grade) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7LHsL0iB_w  

Examine one of the three videos about and respond to the following:

1. What strategies did the teacher use in the lesson to engage students in critical thinking?
2. What insights have you gained about teaching critical thinking from watching the video?
3. Think back to your own school experiences or classroom observations you have made. Describe a situation in which your critical thinking skills, or those of the students you were observing, were challenged.