EDUC 30 Chapter Notes - Chapter Bing and the Microsoft Education Team: Microsoft Onenote, Microsoft Academic Search, Bing
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Developing critical thinking through web research skills (pp. Literacy and critical thinking in the digital age: more than 5,000 years ago, the first librarians, the mesopotamians, began collecting clay tablets. In 1605, sir francis bacon, the father of scientific thinking, outlined the habits of minds skilled in research: such minds are, (cid:862)ni(cid:373)(cid:271)le a(cid:374)d (cid:448)e(cid:396)satile(cid:863) e(cid:374)ough to see (cid:396)elatio(cid:374)ships a(cid:373)o(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs, i(cid:374) addition to subtle distinctions between them. If we teach it to our students, they can apply it to everything reading, writing, discussions whether in person, in books, or on the web. What is critical thinking, and how can we teach it: for an excellent introduction to what critical thinking is and how to teach these transferable thinking skills directly and explicitly, read the introductory chapter to alec. November learning, on internet lies and why we need to teach students how to think critically as web researchers. 8th graders, includes a unit on building respectful one-on-one community relationships online.
