LAC 28:LXVII.109. Critical Thinking Skills

A. In addition to achieving content standards, students must be information literate in order to communicate, make decisions, and solve problems. Critical thinking skills are essential to living and working in an environment where information is abundant and constantly available. B. Thinking is a learned process and effective teachers make a conscious effort to teach critical thinking skills. Questioning and classroom activities are two ways to encourage and develop critical thinking in the classroom. The use of questions that require comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation of information encourage higher-order thinking skills. Cooperative/collaborative learning activities or classroom projects that require students to construct, criticize, critique, solve problems, or make decisions also enhance critical thinking abilities. Areas where critical thinking skills could be developed are indicated throughout the framework.