eliminating those classroom practices that encourage and promote such lazy
thinking and research, replacing them with activities that are more challenging
and more worthwhile.
Goal: critical thinking so that students can formulate and communicate their OWN ideas.
The lack of defining and challenging questions to shape the research permits a
HUGE range of activities.
Questions of import usually require that students
wrestle with difficult challenges and build their own answers rather than
relying upon the thinking of others.
Questions of import usually require that
students
wrestle
with difficult challenges and build their own answers rather than
relying upon the thinking of
others.
Questions that require research AND critical thinking about the information that is found (i.e. evaluation of the information to develop own ideas).
This type of research is much more demanding than
copy-and-paste research, but ultimately more rewarding and more empowering
because it equips students to wrestle with the real issues of their own
lives.
Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge.
2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply
knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge.
from a cut-and-paste culture bred by the ease with which any of us can locate
and save information. Sadly, Google and its relatives give us all a false sense
of
from a cut-and-paste culture bred by the ease
with which any of us can locate
and save
information. Sadly, Google and its relatives give us all a false sense
of
from a
cut-and-paste culture bred by the ease
with
which any of us can locate
and save
information. Sadly, Google and its relatives
give us all a false sense
of
from a
cut-and-paste culture bred by the
ease
with
which
any of us can locate
and
save
information. Sadly, Google and its
relatives
give us
all a false sense
of