10 Tips for Teaching Kids to Be Awesome Critical Thinkers

TRR Staff


Website: We Are Teacher

Article Posted by: Marlana Martinelli

Getting students to dig deeper and answer questions using higher-level thinking can be a challenge. Here are our favorite tips to help teach students how to solve problems by going beyond the obvious response.

1. Slow down the pace.
2. Pose a Question of the Day.
3. Make a response box.
4. Take a side.
5. Ask “Why?” five times.
6. Role-play.
7. Go “hitchhiking.”
8. Turn around.
9. Put your pocket chart to good use.
10. Hold a Q&A session.