Compentency #3: Critical Thinking
MY INTERPRETATION
The teacher candidate understands how individuals grow, develop, and learn. The teacher candidate provides learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students. The teacher candidate can show how the units are connected to real life situations that will provide students with opportunities to use critical thinking strategies.
First Placement
Concept Web
Second Placement
Compare and Contrast
- Creates and implements instructional units that promote critical thinking, problem solving, and inquiry.
- Synthesizes information to promote concept development.
- Integrates engaging problems that are connected to students’ lives.
- Uses effective questioning methods that encourage higher order thinking.
MY INTERPRETATION
The teacher candidate understands how individuals grow, develop, and learn. The teacher candidate provides learning opportunities that support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students. The teacher candidate can show how the units are connected to real life situations that will provide students with opportunities to use critical thinking strategies.
First Placement
Concept Web
Second Placement
Compare and Contrast