Critical Thinking:
    Critical Thinking:
  Higher Order Thinking 
   Higher Order Thinking 
             That Unifies
             That Unifies
             Curriculum, 
              Curriculum, 
         Instruction, and 
         Instruction, and 
                Learning
                Learning
                            
        Let us Begin With the 
        Let us Begin With the 
    Question:  What is Critical 
    Question:  What is Critical 
                   Thinking?
                    Thinking?
    thinking about thinking while thinking in 
     order to make thinking better. 
    thinking that assesses itself. 
                              
                         The Three Dimensions 
                         The Three Dimensions 
                                of Critical Thinking 
                                 of Critical Thinking 
                                                            C r i t i c a l
                                                           T h in k in g
                             A n a ly s is               E v a lu a t io n           I m  p r o v e m e n t
                           o f   t h i n k i n g         o f   t h i n k i n g          o f   t h i n k i n g
                        b y   f o c u s i n g   o n   b y   f o c u s i n g   o n    b y   u s i n g   w h a t
                            t h e   p a r t s          t h e   s t a n d a r d s       y o u   l e a r n e d
                                                                   
     Throughout the rest of the 
       talk, this concept of 
       critical thinking should be 
       understood as what is 
       meant by higher order 
       thinking.
                            
     Thesis
     Thesis
     Education, as a concept, 
       defines a set of higher order 
       goals, 
     but actual school learning 
       typically culminates in a set 
       of lower order results.
     How can we narrow the gap 
       between goals and results?