Critical Thinking for Better Learning
New Insights from Cognitive Science
By (author) Carole Hamilton
Publication date:
08 August 2016Length of book:
126 pagesPublisher
Rowman & Littlefield PublishersISBN-13: 9781475827798
Critical Thinking for Better Learning shifts the focus from teaching to learning and from presenting information to creating challenges that teach students how to think in your discipline. The shift derives from three new insights from cognitive science: that we think by analogy, that we learn best when we process clear, focused sources and develop our own theories about our findings, and that there are key threshold concepts that define the discipline and make it attractive to young practitioners. This book explains each of these insights in direct, clear language, with examples of how to implement them in your own classroom.