Cognitive Apprenticeship: A Roadmap for Critical Thinking Ashley Sherrill
Cognitive Apprenticeship Opening Questions: What is Critical Thinking? What do we want our students to do when thinking critically?
Objectives Describe the steps of the Cognitive Apprenticeship process on a planning aid for your reference. Determine how to apply Cognitive Apprenticeship for critical thinking in your classes.
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Teaching Clapped Rhythm Named Motions Small Sections Coaching Practice Fun!
Fluid vs Crystalized Intelligence Horne & Cattell (1966)
Cognitive Apprenticeship Collins, Brown, and Newman 1989
Transmitting the knowledge required for Apprenticeship Transmitting the knowledge required for expert practice
Apprenticeship Watching Listening Experiencing Experimenting
Cognitive Apprenticeship Makes explicit the implicit thinking processes of the expert so that the novice can begin their development Components: Modeling Scaffolding Fading Coaching
Stages of Learning The Cognitive Stage The Associative Stage The Autonomous Stage
The Cognitive Stage Articulating information through lower order thinking tasks on Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Domains.
The Associative Stage Application Attempts Mistakes
The Autonomous Stage Individual Performance
Critical Thinking The ability to interpret, analyze, synthesize, or evaluate information, issues and ideas and apply creative thought to formulate an opinion, solve a problem or reach a conclusion.
Modeling Critical Thinking What is happening when we think? How do we evaluate the strength of our thinking processes?
Thinking Whenever we think, we think for a purpose, within a point of view, based on assumptions, leading to implications and consequences. We use data, facts, and experiences, to make inferences and judgments, based on concepts and theories, to answer a question or solve a problem.
Intellectual Standards Clarity Accuracy Precision Relevance Depth Logic Significance Fairness
Scaffold Assignments Analyze Implications Compare/Contrast with Theory Evaluate Source Information and Conclusions Explain Information Used to Reach a Conclusion Identify Thinking Purpose, Point of View, or Assumptions
Conclusion