How to teach critical thinking
Overview
Daniel Willingham is a Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia. His paper explores the ongoing debate over how critical thinking skills are developed and taught. He also outlines a plan for teaching specific critical thinking skills.
Willingham argues that while there is plenty of evidence to support explicit instruction of critical thinking skills, the evidence for how well critical thinking skills transfer from one problem to another is mixed.
Published: 2019.
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Other resources
- Peter Ellerton, Thinking critically for an AI world (Edspresso episode 3)
- Sandra Lynch, Teaching critical thinking through philosophy (Edspresso episode 4)
- Peter Ellerton, On critical thinking and collaborative inquiry
- Learning First, Teaching critical thinking: Implications for stages 4 and 5 Science and History teaching