What do we all want our students to do, every day with every encounter they have? THINK CRITICALLY right! Want a better way to get our students to think critically? Use puzzles to challenge ether brain. The Critical Thinking workbook written by Pamela Amick Klawitter, Ed.D. Math Critical Thinking gives students the opportunity to develop critical thinking and problem solving skills. Activities can be completed by individual students, or students can combat against each other.
The activities include opportunities for the student to practice their skills in convergent and divergent thinking, brainstorming, visual memory, forecasting, vocabulary development and categorizing or classifying. These skills carry over into math content directly; and allows students to build motivation in the content area.
One of the qualities of a diverse learner is an advanced learner. Always ahead of everyone else, quicker to respond to questions, etc. This would be an awesome activity for them to continue to learn, even when they have completed their work. Even for the ELL students, visual learners, and students that love new challenges, Math Critical Thinking workbook has a vast majority of puzzles, shapes, riddles, BINGO visuals, flowcharts and alphabet challenges.
Klawitter, Pamela, and Beverly Armstrong. Math Critical Thinking: Creative Puzzles to Challenge the Brain. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Learning Works, 2004. Print.
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