Learn to re-model your lesson plans to include room for critical thought and higher levels of learning. Re-modeled lessons cite specific critical thinking strategies. Wonderful examples include Corduroy, "The Pledge of Allegiance," "What...

This is a list of nine critical thinking questions covering Chapter 1: Welcome to Economics from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

This is a list of five critical thinking questions based on content presented in Chapter 2: Choice in a World of Scarcity from the TEA AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section provides a list of eight critical thinking study questions covering the material in Chapter 5: Macroeconomic Perspective.

This section provides 16 study questions that require critical thinking skills. They cover the content presented in Chapter 11: The Keynesian Perspective from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This section provides study questions that require critical thinking skills based on the content of Ch. 13: Money and Banking from the Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

Eleven great ideas for teachers to engage their students in active learning and listening.

This section provides four study questions that require critical thinking skills based on the content of Chapter 12: Neoclassical Perspective from Texas Gateway AP Macroeconomics online text.

This resource presents an article that explains why it is important to be someone who is a good thinker. Provided are four strategies for critical thinking.

This article explains that by asking the right kinds of questions, you can help improve a students' thinking skills. This site lists several ideas and types of questions that can help develop a child's critical thinking skills.

Northwestern University frames lessons which bring computational thinking enhanced activities into STEM classrooms.

It is important to be able to think in different ways. This site gives some ideas on how to improve your critical thinking skills.

Reading and writing are essentially thinking. This site examines the aspects of critical thinking, including rationality, self-awareness, honesty, open-mindedness, discipline, and judgment. RI.11-12.10a Text Complexity

This tutorial focuses on critical reading using a downloadable PowerPoint presentation, "Critical Reading 101," which includes separating fact from opinion, 6 propaganda techniques, and 6 common fallacies in reasoning. Also provided is...

Extensive examination of what it means to critically read an argument. This process is sometimes called "critical reading," or "close reading," or "active reading." First the differences between reading to extract information and reading...

By asking the right kinds of questions, you can help improve a students thinking skills. This site lists several ideas and types of questions that can help develop a child's critical thinking skills.

An 8-lesson module on the systems thinking mindset and how it can be applied to solve complex problems. Includes downloadable lesson plans.

It is increasingly important to teach students how to develop their critical thinking abilities. This site lists some ideas and strategies that can help teach them to improve their critical thinking skills.

This article, originally published in Skeptical Inquirer, outlines some of the key components of the scientific problem-solving process while addressing the many reasons for the popularity of paranormal beliefs in the U.S. (Published in...

Design and build a small alarm that is easily hidden. Think of places you would like to hide an alarm.

This short article clearly illustrates the need for teaching computational thinking in the schools. It lays out the foundation of teaching these skills across grade levels.

A simple site that gives concise definitions to critical thinking and creative thinking. Included are links to more resources about these thinking processes.

Students examine and record data about the impact human activity has on a local aquatic environment in this teaching unit. They then analyze the information and develop a plan for improvement. The unit depends on being able to take the...

Finish creating the engine invention to get the item to the pipe; then test it to see if it works, or you can design your own machine.