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We pair 10 photos from The Times that we’ve used in our weekly “What’s Going On in This Picture?” with ideas from students and teachers for how you can use them, or images like them, to teach close reading and visual thinking skills.
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To meet the Common Core ELA Standards students must "readily undertake the close, attentive reading that is at the heart of understanding and enjoying complex works or literature." The purpose of c... Via Beth Dichter
Beth Dichter's curator insight,
December 6, 2013 11:30 PM
With Common Core testing approaching close reading in an area that we know students will need to know well. This post provides many resources. Are you looking for resources on the basic components of close reading? Find links to information on complex short text, pre-reading activities, re-reading of text, annotations, text-dependent questions, peer collaboration and response to text. Check out a visual on text complexity, one on annotation techniques and one on text-dependent questions. Additional materials are also available. 
Intriguing Networks's curator insight,
December 7, 2013 9:05 AM
Thik this is a very interesting dilemma long form read alongside skimmers, wasn't scanr eading always part of a good student's skill set. Will need to read this carefully. 
David Baker's curator insight,
December 8, 2013 12:33 AM
Just went to the blog post and it is a rich resource. I will be adding it to my seminar follow up. |
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To teach critical thinking, consider applying six definitions of that discipline to the practices of authentic inquiry, PBL, and integrated studies.
Critical thinking is trendy these days. With 6.3 million hits resulting from a Google search -- six times "Bloom's Taxonomy" -- its importance is undeniable. Worldwide, critical thinking (CT) is integrated into finger-painting lessons, units on Swiss immigrants, discussions of Cinderella, and the Common Core State Standards. In short, critical thinking is more beloved than Egyptian cotton. Definitions abound. Critical thinking is:
* Seeing both sides of an issue." -- Daniel Willingham * "An ability to use reason to move beyond the acquisition of facts to uncover deep meaning." -- Robert Weissberg * "A reflective and reasonable thought process embodying depth, accuracy, and astute judgment to determine the merit of a decision, an object, or a theory." -- Huda Umar Alwehaibi * "Self-guided, self-disciplined thinking which attempts to reason at the highest level of quality in a fair-minded way." -- Linda Elder Via Amy Burns, Charles Fischer, Miloš Bajčetić
Amy Burns's curator insight,
August 20, 2014 7:07 AM
Great links to dive further into critical thinking strategies. 
Charles Fischer's curator insight,
August 21, 2014 8:26 AM
Fantastic article that thoroughly explores the gauge concept of critical thinking. I loved the definition that critical thinking is "the ability to disagree with yourself." Although there are plenty of definitions out there in the world (some of them not useful at all), this seems to capture the spirit if critical thinking in a succinct way. |
