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By Lindsay Brooks, Instructional Coach      crit·i·cal think·ing                  noun Using  reasoning   and  criteria  to:            conceptualize               evaluate                            or         make   judgments Someone with critical thinking skills can do the following: •   Understand/see/make logical connections between ideas. •   Identify, construct and evaluate arguments. •     Defend judgments with reasoning. •   Solve problems •   Identify the relevance and importance of ideas The Critical Thinking Consortium https://tc2.ca h as amazing resources to inspire, support and advocate for the infusion of critical, creative and collaborative thinking. These resources support educators in deepening the...

Written by Rebecca Forchuk, Director of Staff Development after Action Research session on Critical Thinking.  With the rise of Google, fake news, and 21 st Century skills,  critical thinking  has been identified as a key competency that students will need in order to be successful in life beyond the walls of school.   But what exactly is critical thinking? Chances are, there are as many ideas of critical thinking as there are people.   In order to provide teacher clarity (ES=0.75), we have set out to develop a common understanding of what critical thinking really is and what it looks like in the classroom. Myself, along with fellow colleagues participating in Action Research, shared some common misconceptions we had about critical thinking prior to our learning.   Among these are… critical thinking : ·       requires a project that students work on or at the very least a large amount of data.    It requires larger ...