{"id":204887,"date":"2024-02-09T00:00:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T00:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/levels-of-integration-for-critical-thinking\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:22:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:22:01","slug":"levels-of-integration-for-critical-thinking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/09\/levels-of-integration-for-critical-thinking\/","title":{"rendered":"Levels Of Integration For Critical Thinking &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"text\">\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n<\/aside>\n<p><strong>A Basic Framework For Teaching Critical Thinking In School<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>by <strong>Terrell Heick<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/the-definition-of-critical-thinking\/\">What Does Critical Thinking Mean?<\/a><\/strong>, we offered that \u2018(c)ritical thinking is the suspension of judgment while identifying biases and underlying assumptions to draw accurate conclusions.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Of course, there are different definitions of critical thinking. The American Philosophical Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apaonline.org\/page\/criticalthinking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">defines it<\/a> as, \u201cCritical thinking is the ability to think clearly and rationally, understanding the logical connection between ideas. It involves being active (rather than reactive) in your learning process, and it includes open-mindedness, inquisitiveness, and the ability to examine and evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But understanding exactly what it is and means is different than teaching critical thinking\u2013that is, consistently integrating it in your units, lessons, and activities. Models and frameworks have always been, to me, helpful in making sense of complex (or <em>confusing<\/em>\u2013which is generally different than <em>complex<\/em>) ideas. I also find them to be a wonderful way to communicate any of that sense-making. <\/p>\n<p>Put another way, models and frameworks can help to think about and communicate concepts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">See also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/examples-of-analogies\/\">Examples Of Analogies For Critical Thinking<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>A Framework Integrating Critical Thinking In Your Classroom<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, teaching critical thinking in a classroom is different than \u2018teaching\u2019 it outside of one, just as it differs from the active practice and application of critical thinking skills in the \u2018real world.\u2019 I have always taught students that critical thinking is something they do seamlessly in their lives. <\/p>\n<p>They <em>analyze<\/em> plots and characters in movies. <\/p>\n<p>They <em>create<\/em> making short videos. <\/p>\n<p>They <em>critique<\/em> relationships and punishments and grades and video games. <\/p>\n<p>They <em>evaluate<\/em> their favorite athletes\u2019 performance and <em>make judgments<\/em> about music.<\/p>\n<p>And so on. With that context out of the way, let\u2019s have a look at the framework, shall we?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Levels Of Integration Of Critical Thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" alt=\"Critical Thinking Classroom Integration Levels\" class=\"wp-image-63088 perfmatters-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/levels-integrate-critical-thinking.png\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/levels-integrate-critical-thinking.png\" alt=\"Critical Thinking Classroom Integration Levels\" class=\"wp-image-63088\"\/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-subtitle stk-block-subtitle stk-block stk-3dccd39\" data-block-id=\"3dccd39\">\n<p class=\"stk-block-subtitle__text stk-subtitle\">Preface: This post is necessarily incomplete. A full how-to guide for teaching critical thinking would be done best as a book or course rather a blog post. The idea is to offer a way to think about teaching critical thinking.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-subtitle stk-block-subtitle stk-block stk-2922408 stk-block-background\" data-block-id=\"2922408\">\n<p class=\"stk-block-subtitle__text stk-subtitle has-text-color\"><strong>Critical thinking can be done at the\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-be9dce4051f517a41cfcba9d5a710af1\" id=\"h-assignment-level-integration-strategies\"><strong>Assignment-Level<\/strong> <strong>Integration Strategies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>-Analogies (see also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/teaching-with-analogies\/\">Teaching With Analogies<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>-Choice Boards<\/p>\n<p>-Debate<\/p>\n<p>-The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/question-formation-technique\/\">Question Formulation Technique<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>-Tiering<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6c4c9c07c3e42b38cf8199a1e8145860\" id=\"h-unit-level-integration-strategies\"><strong>Unit-Level Integration Strategies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>-Essential Questions (see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/pedagogy\/a-four-phase-process-for-implementing-essential-questions\/\">How To Use Essential Questions<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>-Differentiation (see also <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/pedagogy\/ways-to-differentiate-instruction\/\">Ways To Differentiate Instruction<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>-Understanding by Design (any of the elements of the UbD framework\u2013backward design, for example)<\/p>\n<p>-Topics (i.e., learning about topics that naturally encourage or even require critical thinking)<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/6-critical-thinking-questions-situation\/\"><strong>6 Critical Thinking Questions For Any Situation<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1a505cb50389a005fb128bd38f00c062\" id=\"h-instructional-design-level-integration-strategies\"><strong>Instructional Design-Level<\/strong> <strong>Integration Strategies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>-Spiraling (in this case, at the curriculum mapping level)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/6-facets-of-understanding\/\">-6 Facets of Understanding<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2dcbb68c19581de3a9bf2ebb9385b7b0\" id=\"h-learning-model-level-integration-strategies\"><strong>Learning Model-Level<\/strong> <strong>Integration Strategies<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>-Project-Based Learning (see <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/education\/teaching-pbl\/\">25 Questions To Guide Teaching With Project-Based Learning<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>-Inquiry Learning (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/pedagogy\/inquiry-based-teaching-strategies\/\">see 14 Teaching Strategies For Inquiry-Based Learning<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>-Asynchronous Self-Directed Learning (see our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/self-directed-learning-model\/\">Self-Directed Learning Model<\/a><\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/critical-thinking\/heick-learning-taxonomy\/\">-Heick Learning Taxonomy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teachthought.com\/pedagogy\/levels-of-integration-for-critical-thinking\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] A Basic Framework For Teaching Critical Thinking In School by Terrell Heick In What 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