Module THREE

Cognate:
Critical Thinking

How One Thinks

5th and 6th grade

1. Explain what it means to think critically and how critical thinking is a skill that can be developed with training and practice
    

2. Understand and identify emotional and logical thinking
    

3. Consider metacognitive questions when facing controversial problems or different perspectives
    

4. Understand the benefits and possible challenges of being open-minded or narrow-minded
    

5. Analyze how context affects a person's thinking
   
   
   ...and more

7th and 8th grade

1. Understand and differentiate between key cognitive processes, such as perception, memory, reasoning, and problem-solving
   
    

2. Identify inductive and deductive reasoning in various arguments
    

3. Understand the concept of metacognition
    

4. Understand how perspective and experiences help one's thinking
    

5. Analyze how context affects a person's thinking
   
   
   ...and more

9th  and 10th grade

1. Understand how the brain develops and how thinking abilities change and develop as a person grows older
    

2. Identify factors that may influence one's ability to think critically
    

3. Understand and identify examples of divergent and convergent thinking
    

4. Understand how perspective and experiences help one's thinking and sometimes might narrow's a person's thinking
    

5. Assess how different cultures, beliefs, and values  may affect a person's thinking
   
   
   ...and more