Resources - Ten Best critical thinking resources

8th January 2010, 12:00am

1. Critical thinking skills

How to incorporate such skills across different learning areas. www.tes.co.ukcritical-thinking-skills

2. Higher order thinking skills

A maths exercise for key stage 4 pupils to examine critical path analysis. www.tes.co.ukhigher-order-thinking

3. Vocabulary model

A basic resource that can be used for display or as a worksheet. www.tes.co.ukvocabulary-sheet

4. Basics of an argument

A presentation on the basics of an argument. www.tes.co.ukcritical-thinking-ppt

5. Critical thinking: An intro

Discusses critical thinking and how it can be applied. www.tes.co.ukcritical-thinking-intro

6. Discussion toolkit

Activities to promote critical thinking and discussion in the classroom. www.tes.co.ukdiscussion-toolkit

7. Question and answer structure

Ideas for questions and answers that pupils can apply to different topics. www.tes.co.ukquestion-and-answer

8. De Bono’s thinking hats

Encourages children to channel their thinking in different ways. www.tes.co.ukde-bono-thinking

9. Analyse a poem’s effectiveness

An exercise to encourage pupils to develop the way they think about poetry. www.tes.co.ukanalyse-effectiveness

10. Thinking hats feedback sheet

Use during thinking-hat feedback sessions so pupils write down what their peers say. www.tes.co.ukthinking-hats.