Smarty Pants Puzzles are fun, quick, and engaging and best of all they develop a host of critical thinking skills. Students must read the puzzle and analyze the pictures looking for evidence needed to answer the questions. This depth of analysis produces strong reading comprehension skills and teaches students how to find and evaluate evidence. These puzzles can be solved independently or used for educational fun at home or in a classroom. Skills: Inference,Deduction, Conclusion, Identification and Analysis of Evidence, Synthesis and Analysis of Comprehension

Smarty Pants Puzzles? Level 1, Grades 3-12+ by Catherine Connors-Nelson (2013-05-03)

Children's Books

Catherine Connors-Nelson

Activities, Crafts & Games

The Critical Thinking

"This colorful 384-page book engages students in the study of critical thinking. It lays a strong foundation in the important cognitive skills necessary for critical thinking, such as comprehension, analysis, evaluation, construction, creativity, and communication. Through fun and concrete activities-including Thought Experiments, Student Polls, Practice Sessions, Games and Puzzles, Predictions, and Important Takeaways-students explore topics essential to critical thinking, gaining tools that will help them apply critical thinking directly to their own lives. Additional individual and group activities are included to reinforce student learning as they explore topics such as: The Basics of Critical Thinking Obstacles to Critical Thinking Evaluating Evidence Creative Problem-Solving Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Doublespeak Arguments Informal Fallacies Advertising Eyewitness Testimony, Direct &amp; Circumstantial Evidence This student book should be used with the detailed, 304-page, Teacher's Manual which is purchased separately."

Practical Critical Thinking: Student Workbook - Problem-Solving, Reasoning, Logic, Arguments (Grades 9-12)

Teen & Young Adult

Education & Reference

The Critical Thinking Co.

This detailed 304-page Teacher's Manual is highly recommended to be used with Practical Critical Thinking: Student Book, engaging students in the study of critical thinking. This book lays a strong foundation in the important cognitive skills necessary for critical thinking, such as comprehension, analysis, evaluation, construction, creativity, and communication. Through fun and concrete activities–including Thought Experiments, Student Polls, Practice Sessions, Games and Puzzles, Predictions, and Important Takeaways–students explore topics essential to critical thinking, gaining tools that will help them apply critical thinking directly to their own lives. Additional individual and group activities are included to reinforce student learning as they explore topics such as: • The Basics of Critical Thinking • Obstacles to Critical Thinking • Evaluating Evidence • Creative Problem-Solving • Ambiguity, Vagueness, and Doublespeak • Arguments • Informal Fallacies • Advertising • Eyewitness Testimony, Direct &amp; Circumstantial Evidence

Practical Critical Thinking: Teacher's Manual Book - Problem-Solving, Reasoning, Logic, Arguments (Teacher's Edition)

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