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Teaching Critical Thinking Skills In The Classroom –
edd508
(3 credits)
Participants learn to enhance their diverse students' higher-order thinking, a necessity for success in the 21st century. Participants work on strategies and technology tools that support analytical, creative, and practical thinking in instruction, assessments, and the classroom environment. Participants also share ideas with peers in analytical, creative, and practical ways, such as wikis, digital presentations, comic strips, and songs.
This graduate-level course is
weeks.
To enroll, speak with an Enrollment Advisor.
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Wise Thinking
- Explain the advantages of teaching wise thinking.
- Apply strategies that promote wise thinking.
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Analytical Thinking
- Explain analytical thinking.
- Integrate analytical thinking in learning activities.
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Assessing Higher-Order Thinking
- Identify assessment strategies for higher-order thinking skills.
- Create assessments that support higher-order thinking.
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Creative Thinking
- Explain creative thinking.
- Integrate creative thinking in learning activities.
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Foundations of Thinking
- Explain the different types of higher-order thinking.
- Identify instructional approaches and curriculum trends that support higher-order thinking.
- Identify higher-order thinking strategies that align to Gardner's multiple intelligences.
- Identify strategies for enhancing memory skills.
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Higher-Order Thinking in Language Arts
- Incorporate higher-order thinking in reading and writing lesson plans.
- Integrate technology that supports higher-order thinking in reading and writing lessons.
- Adapt instruction to support higher-order thinking in reading and writing to meet diverse learner needs.
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Higher-Order Thinking in Math and Science
- Incorporate higher-order thinking in math and science lesson plans.
- Integrate technology that supports higher-order thinking in math and science .
- Adapt instruction to support higher-order thinking in math and science to meet diverse learner needs.
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Higher-Order Thinking in Social Studies and the Arts
- Incorporate higher-order thinking in social studies and arts lesson plans.
- Integrate technology that supports higher-order thinking in social studies and arts lessons.
- Adapt instruction to support higher-order thinking in socials studies and the arts to meet diverse learner needs.
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Practical Thinking
- Explain practical thinking.
- Integrate practical thinking in learning activities.
- The University of Phoenix reserves the right to modify courses.
- While widely available, not all programs are available in all locations or in both online and on-campus formats. Please check with a University Enrollment Advisor.
- Transferability of credit is at the discretion of the receiving institution. It is the student’s responsibility to confirm whether or not credits earned at University of Phoenix will be accepted by another institution of the student’s choice.
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