What Were They Thinking?

Autor/in	Jones, Rachael Adams
Titel	What Were They Thinking?
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 79 (2012) 3, S.66-70 (5 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Educational Strategies; Learning Strategies; Critical Thinking; Misconceptions; Thinking Skills; Teaching Methods; Teacher Role; Student Participation; Inquiry; Learner Engagement; Relevance (Education); Problem Solving; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Prior Learning; Questioning Techniques; Inferences; Prediction + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lehrstrategie; Learning methode; Learning techniques; Lernmethode; Lernstrategie; Kritisches Denken; Missverständnis; Denkfähigkeit; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Lehrerrolle; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Relevance; Relevanz; Problemlösen; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Science; Teacher; Teachers; Science teacher; Wissenschaft; Lehrer; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Vorkenntnisse; Befragungstechnik; Fragetechnik; Inference; Inferenz; Vorhersage
Abstract	Too often, teachers scratch their heads and ask, "What were my students thinking?" then answer, "I don't want to know." But teachers should want to know, and students should question their own thinking, as well. Critical thinking involves not just problem solving, creativity, analysis, and synthesis but also self-awareness of learning and learning strategies. This article offers instructional strategies that teach students to think critically. Fostering critical thinking requires shifting from a teacher-centered classroom to a critical thinking-centered classroom. This involves relinquishing the role of a teacher as the sole disseminator of knowledge and structuring lessons to allow for student inquiry, research, and collaboration. By providing students with inquiry-based, engaging, rigorous, real-world content and teaching them to monitor their own learning, schools can create a generation of learners capable of solving the problems of the 21st century. (Contains 2 figures and 1 online resource.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10