Thinking - Critical
Critical thinking that demonstrates a synthesis of ideas and goes beyond personal experience. It also inspires thinking in others that leads to action including new practice and deeper understanding.

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Practise observing carefully in order to recognize problems
Visible Thinking Routine - See Think Wonder ๐๐ค๐
How to increase your powers of observation ๐๐ค๐
Using a forest setting to learn to carefully observe and question ๐๐ค๐
How to observe people ๐๐ค๐
Visible Thinking Routine - Question Starts ๐๐ค๐
Gather and organize relevant information to formulate an argument
BrainPop Video and Quiz on Organizing your thoughts ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ
Visible Thinking Routine - What Makes You Say That? ๐๐ค๐
Quizlet - Facts vs. Opinions ๐๐ค
Visible Thinking Routine - Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate ๐๐ค๐
Planning Research for Influencing ๐๐ค๐
Reading Power - Adrienne Gear ๐๐ค๐
Recognize unstated assumptions and bias
Test yourself for hidden bias ๐๐ค๐
Visible Thinking Routine - Generate, Sort, Connect, Elaborate ๐๐ค๐
Confirmation and Other Biases ๐๐ค๐
Street Calculus ๐๐ค๐
Quizlet - Facts vs. Opinions ๐๐ค
Weed Out Propaganda - Poster and Activity (Newseum) ๐๐ค๐
Evidence: Do the facts hold up? - activity which has students check accuracy in a news article (Newseum) ๐๐ค๐
Source: Can I Trust the Creator? Activity (Newseum) ๐๐ค๐
Video: Defining Confirmation Bias ๐ฝ
Media Literacy Maven Video: Confirmation Bias ๐ฝ
Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6 ๐ฝ
Online Advertising: Crash Course Media Literacy #7 ๐ฝ
Confronting Confirmation Bias ๐๐ค๐
Sampling Methods and Bias with Surveys: Crash Course Statistics #10 ๐ฝ
24 Cognitive Biases That Are Warping Your Perception of Reality ๐๐ค
Interpret data
TED Ed: How to spot a misleading graph ๐๐ค๐
Weed Out Propaganda - Poster and Activity (Newseum) ๐๐ค๐
Have students interpret data from the World Health Organisation ๐๐ค๐
Creating Killer Facts and Graphics ๐๐ค๐
Planning Research for Influencing ๐๐ค๐
Evaluate evidence and arguments
TED Ed: 5 Tips to improve your critical thinking ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ
Influence & Persuasion: Crash Course Media Literacy #6 ๐ฝ
Evidence: Do the facts hold up - activity which has students check accuracy in a news article (Newseum) ๐๐ค๐
Quizlet - Facts vs. Opinions ๐๐ค
C.A.R.S. Checklist ๐๐ค๐
TED Ed: Why facts don't convince people (and what you can do about it) ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ
TED Ed: Not all scientific studies are created equal - David H. Schwartz ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ
Recognize and evaluate propositions
TED Ed: 5 Tips to improve your critical thinking ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ
Draw reasonable conclusions and generalizations
Visible Thinking Routine - Explanation Game ๐๐ค๐
TED Ed: 5 Tips to improve your critical thinking ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ
What Makes You Say That? - The Artful Thinking Palette ๐๐ค
Healthy Skepticism: Teaching Students to Use Claim Testers ๐๐ค๐
Test generalizations and conclusions
A thought provoking video about racism in New York. Little Things are Big: Watch the Story ๐ฝ
Revise understanding based on new information and evidence
321 Bridge Thinking Routine ๐๐ค
Evaluate and manage risk
Anonymous Sources in Our Daily News ๐๐ค๐
Formulate factual, topical, conceptual and debatable questions
Visible Thinking Routine - Question Starts ๐๐ค
Consider ideas from multiple perspectives
Visible Thinking Routine - Circle of Viewpoints ๐๐ค๐
Newspaper Map ๐
Develop contrary or opposing arguments
Take part in a debate, using resources from Debatabase ๐๐ค๐
BrainPop Video and Quiz - Debates ๐๐ค๐๐ฝ๐ฝ
Facing History: Barometer ๐๐ค๐
Visible Thinking Routine - What Makes You Say That? ๐๐ค
Propose and evaluate a variety of solutions
MYP Design Cycle! ๐
Identify obstacles and challenges
Building a Metacognitive Classroom ๐๐ค
Use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues
Phet Simulations ๐
Identify trends and forecast possibilities
A great podcast for forward thinking - "Masters of Scale: Handcrafted with Airbnb's Brian Chesky" ๐ฝ
Troubleshoot systems and applications
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