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Critical Thinking for Better Learning
New Insights from Cognitive Science
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2016
Summary
Critical Thinking for Better Learning shifts the focus from teaching to learning and from presenting information to creating challenges that teach students how to think in your discipline. The shift derives from three new insights from cognitive science: that we think by analogy, that we learn best when we process clear, focused sources and develop our own theories about our findings, and that there are key threshold concepts that define the discipline and make it attractive to young practitioners. This book explains each of these insights in direct, clear language, with examples of how to implement them in your own classroom.
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2016
ISBN-Print
978-1-4758-2778-1
ISBN-Online
978-1-4758-2780-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
108
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1. We Learn through Analogies No access
Chapter 2. How We Should (and Should Not) Teach No access
Chapter 3. Where to Focus: Identify Threshold Concepts No access
Chapter 4. What to Teach: Choose Topics and Texts That Exemplify Threshold Concepts No access
Chapter 5. How to Teach Design Lessons That Compel Students to Confront Their Misconceptions No access
Chapter 6. How to Assess Design Ways to Gauge Students’ Critical Thinking No access
Conclusion No access Pages 67 - 68
Appendix A. How People Learn No access Pages 69 - 74
Appendix B. Analogy as the Core of Cognition No access Pages 75 - 76
Appendix C. Student Retention with Schemas and Analogies No access Pages 77 - 78
Appendix D. Threshold Concepts and Skills No access Pages 79 - 82
Appendix E. Sample Threshold Concepts and Skills No access Pages 83 - 88
Appendix F. Sample Student Challenges No access Pages 89 - 94
Appendix G. How to Assess Critical Thinking No access Pages 95 - 98
Recommended Reading and Viewing No access Pages 99 - 100
