Classroom activities for teaching fact and opinion
Here are five activities to get your students identifying, analyzing, and evaluating fact and opinion statements.
Category: Critical Thinking
How to foster student creativity in the classroom
Helping students foster their creativity can help their critical thinking skills. Incorporate these strategies into lessons for students to practice their creativity!
Why should we argue? Using Kialo with the Principle of Interpretative Charity
What do we learn from arguments, and why should we argue at all? David Lanius, researcher at KIT’s DebateLab and the co-founder of the think tank Forum für Streitkultur, explores these intriguing questions. Read on to learn more!
Kialo Edu as a revolutionary pedagogical framework for learning through argument mapping
Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad, author of “Never Stop Asking: Teaching Students to be Better Critical Thinkers” outlines how Kialo Edu can serve as a pedagogical framework. Read on to learn more!
How argument mapping on Kialo Edu trains critical thinking
Research has shown that using argument maps is one of the most effective way to train students’ critical thinking skills. Find out how you can use Kialo Edu’s structure to better your students’ abilities to critically engage with arguments.
How to address cognitive bias in the classroom
Cognitive biases can show up in the classroom. Here are the top five that can affect students and activities to help combat each one!