Today I would like to focus my post on critical thinking skills in any content
area. By now all of you know that I am a firm believer in the importance
of appropriate classroom questions. Following critical thinking
essentials, I will try to show you some powerful evidence to support my
belief. In order to do this, I will share the outcomes of a recent
research entitled " Effective questioning in CLIL classrooms: empowering
thinking".
The research
was conducted by Professor Rebecca Valverde. I would like to
congratulate her on this powerful research and I highly recommend that
should read it by entering this link. In short, the research aimed
at determining whether stimulating higher-order thinking in CLIL classrooms would result in a significant improvement in
student outcomes. The results showed that this methodological intervention
succeeded in its aim, as a marked improvement in student responses was
achieved. These findings highlight the value of optimizing the use of questions
to foster critical thinking and empower students for the knowledge economy in
which we live.
Rebecca's reader-friendly paper includes a wide range of examples for
students aged 9 and 10 years old. I reckon that you will be able to adapt them
to fit your Secondary classroom contexts but I have written this worksheet with
some examples for different content areas at Secondary level. I hope you will
find it useful.
Last but not least, keep in mind what the greatest critical thinker
said:
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