Chapter 4 Supporting Student Critical Thinking

The case study that was given in the beginning of this chaper was very intersting; it gave a good example of how to take the daily questions/happenings of your students and play off of them to expand the students learning and critical thinking. Critical thinking is so important. Growing up in a society where many teachers taught to a test, and gave you a formula to memorize I have come to realize that it is important for teachers to teach students how to think so that they can critical think on their own. I want to see students who think about the subject at hand and are not just looking for "the answer". This chapter had some good resources (i.e. First Step Kidskills,, WebLemur) that will be helpful in a future classroom to use with my students.