CRITICAL THINKING TOOLS Ginny Price, MS, CVT, VTS (Behavior) School of Veterinary Technology- St Petersburg College
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GUIDES!
STRATEGIES Writing courses for student learning pdf pdf Using active learning & critical thinking assignments to engage students’ minds Creating learning communities Using faculty, community members & students as resources; collaborating
STUDENT EXPECTATIONS This course is not like other courses… In this course we will be thinking like a behaviorist... We will be using behaviorist language & concepts In this course we will have assignments to help you think deeply about this subject. We will learn how to apply new concepts and practices My expectations are…
YOUR COURSES What will students think like in your course?
TOOLS The wheel: 8 elements of reasoning SEEI Socratic questioning
Purpose Questions at issue Information Inferences THE WHEEL Concepts Assumptions Consequences Points of view
APPLICATION
SEEI State (your main problem) Elaborate (on your main point) Example (give an example) Illustrate (give an analogy/metaphor)
APPLICATION
SOCRATIC QUESTIONING Instead of telling…ask… Can you elaborate, give an example? How could we verify that? Could you be more specific? How does your answer relate to the problem? What are some of the complexities of this issue? Do we need another perspective? How does this fit together? Which of these facts are most important? How am I bias on this issue?
APPLICATION
MOTIVATION!
GRADE PROFILES Use descriptions of grades in syllabus Sets expectations Use as a guide for determining grades Example: The essence of B-level work is that it demonstrates more strengths than weaknesses and is more consistent in high level performance than C-level work. It nevertheless has some distinctive weaknesses, though no major ones.
GRADE DEFENSE Students submit a proposal at the end of the grading period supporting a specific grade profile using your comments on assignments, projects & exams as support.
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