Think about it! How many times does that get said every day in a classroom? The problem is if children aren’t taught how to think then thinking about it is actually very hard.
It is the same with the question: what do you think? Sounds simple enough but it is a tough question when you haven’t been trained to think critically. Uncritical thinking is commonplace. Thinking critically isn’t something we just “pick up”.
Critical thinking is a crucial survival skill and training students to think critically is no easy task. But what exactly are critical thinking skills? There is no universally accepted definition of critical thinking and the term is open to different interpretation.
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