Critical Thinking

  • The student’s ability to use higher level thinking skills – reasoning, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating, or reflecting to make and support a decision.

  • Connections to other disciplines, experiences, or skills lead to deeper understanding.

Definition Progression

Emerging

The student is able to use, reasoning, analyzing and interpreting critical thinking skills to make a decision.


Proficient

The student is able to use reasoning, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating, or reflecting critical thinking skills to make and support a decision.


Advanced

The student is able to use reasoning, analyzing, interpreting, synthesizing, evaluating, or reflecting critical thinking skills to make and support a decision which makes connections to other disciplines, experiences, or skills and leads to deeper understanding.


Lesson Progression

Emerging

Research different energy sources. How are they alike/different? Which one would you use in your home/school?


Proficient

Research different energy sources. Explain and defend which one is best to use in your home/school.

Advanced

Research different energy sources. Make a presentation explaining/defending which energy source(s) is most valuable or sustainable for use in your home/school over the next 10 years.