Week 10 - Critical Thinking

I know that I do not focus on critical thinking skills enough in my classroom, and sometimes not at all. As I have stated before I teach at the middle school level. Many of my students are so low in so many areas that it makes even thinking about using CT skills impossible. I have to go so slow with everything, like giving instructions for the students to follow, that half of my class gets off task because they are waiting on the other half to catch up. I know that I need to improve some things that I do in my class before I can truly focus on teaching CT skills. I know it can be done at my school because many teachers at my school probably teach CT skills in their classrooms so I can't blame it on the ability of my students, I just need to use my CT skills to figure out how to do it in mine.

Yes, I think that CT skills are very important. If students can master the use of CT skills they will be able to use them for the rest of their lives in so many different areas. Again, I just need to figure out how to teach them in my classroom. Hopefully one day, and sooner than later, I will be able to accomplish this goal!