Hi Maria. Larry Ferlazzo is great for generating high quality lists of links. I'd love to hear which of the critical thinking links you end of finding interesting and useful! Thanks! M.
Conversation Question on Human Rights
critically examine a topic to develop their own higher order questions.
Sample objectives include:
After completing a question and answer activity, students will:
develop attention to detail and critical analysis by formulating higher order questions concerning a given conceptsynthesize information in order to determine missing information or information deserving clarificationas determined by successfully attending to 80% of the requirements.
Prerequisites:
None other than adequate Web access.Materials and Resources:
What needs to be prepared in advance by the teacher? Usually, the questions will center around a topic that the instructor or a guest presents. The topic may be presented through readings or a lecture prepared by the instructor or guest.
What does the student need to bring to the lesson? Students need to view any prerequisite materials.
These are ready-made lesson plans that may have to be adapted to a particular context.
A teacher might want to promote critical thinking skills in order to guide the students into discussing their ideas.