Learning to Think Clearly and Make Good Decisions

Critical Thinking Skills

• Internet:  5 Steps to help your student learn to judge internet sources
• Make decisions & solve problems: Developing critical thinking skills
• Rigor & knowing your views:  Active participation in class discussions and small-group work plays a critical role in developing critical thinking. Students learn to state what they know and support their conclusions, to listen carefully to the thoughts of others for facts they may have missed or reasons to alter their conclusions, and to discern when personal perspectives and cultures impact their own and other students' conclusions.