tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post7371543873777429106..comments2024-03-28T11:36:22.391-04:00Comments on Half an Hour: On Teaching Critical ThinkingStephen Downeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-86392504925768335082016-12-17T09:53:50.667-05:002016-12-17T09:53:50.667-05:00There is a range of argumentation based on the nee...There is a range of argumentation based on the need for 'content knowledge' over skills, method, activity, or process. A cluster of what I generally call 'instructivists' push this line (and I say 'push' because it manifests more as a political movement than as a line of research). The names I mainly associate with it are people like Paul Kirschner and Daniel Willingham.Stephen Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06140591903467372209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11679714.post-12903156356104252072016-12-17T02:37:36.831-05:002016-12-17T02:37:36.831-05:00Let me first complement your generosity of spirit ...Let me first complement your generosity of spirit for taking the trouble to respond to the risible essay posted in the AERA group on LnkedIN, ostensibly about "teaching critical thinking" that simply erected an unrecognizable and non-sensical "straw man" definition of "critical thinking" only to smack it down with illogic, false equivalences and bogus analogies. I was not surprised to see only 2 or 3 (of 23) posts point out some of the flaws in the piece (not sure "flaw" is sufficient as an adjective for not knowing what critical thinking actually is...)<br /><br />My first thoughts as I read the piece jumped to a notion I once read that perhaps you can place for me: something to the effect that "critical thinking requires having sufficient knowledge in some domain _about which one can think critically_". Which sounds to me a bit like something Roger Benjamin would say -- the CAE's "collegiate learning exam" (now CLA+ etc) has focused more or less on CT over the last decade or so if it's life. And CAE shows some some rigor in thinking about the "measurement" aspects of CT and assessment -- more so than the "big players" in standardized testing, at least. But alas, I have not yet found the source. Perhaps that might have set Mr. Hendrick off in a more constructive direction...<br /><br />I will write you separately, but keep up the good work. Not the first time something you've said online on the subjects of online learning, cognition, etc. has brought me to your site. will sign up for your newsletter. <br /><br />Cheers!HangZhouManhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16328772366695206561noreply@blogger.com