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LESSONS:

Below are some great classroom tested lessons, which infuse Critical and Creative Thinking into content instruction. They have been selected from material that NCTT uses in its staff development work. These available lessons will be updated from time to time by the addition of new ones, so please check back periodically.

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Please note all information provided is reprinted from the lesson design handbook series on Infusing the Teaching of Critical and Creative Thinking into Content Instruction by Robert Swartz, Stephen David Fischer, and Sandra Parks.


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After listening to your needs, we have decided to offer our lessons as either a ZIP file, PDF file or in the form of a Web Page. The best way of viewing each lesson, is to choose the ZIP file and then open the actual file once it is downloaded to your computer. If you have any questions, please email us at: info@nctt.net.


LESSON TITLE
GRADE AND SUBJECT AREA
THINKING SKILL
LESSON CAN BE FOUND IN THIS RESOURCE
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Plant Cells and Animal Cells Grades 6-12
Science		 Compare & Contrast Infusing the Teaching of Critical and Creative Thinking into Secondary Science: A Lesson Design Handbook by Robert Swartz, Stephen David Fischer, and Sandra Parks.
Alternative Energy Grades 6-12
Science		 Decision Making Infusing the Teaching of Critical and Creative Thinking into Secondary Science: A Lesson Design Handbook by Robert Swartz, Stephen David Fischer, and Sandra Parks.
Mr. Arable the Runt Pig Grade 3
Language Arts		 Decision Making Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking Into Elementary Instruction by Robert Swartz and Sandra Parks
Horton and the Hunters Grades K-1
Decision Making
Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking Into Elementary Instruction by Robert Swartz and Sandra Parks
Abraham  and Frederick Douglass Grades 5-12 Compare & Contrast Infusing Critical and Creative Thinking Into Elementary Instruction by Robert Swartz and Sandra Parks
Tucker's Countryside Grade 3-4
Language Arts		 Problem Solving Teaching Critical & Creative Thinking in Language Arts - Grade 3 & 4 by Robert J. Swartz, Traci Whipple, Gina Blaisdell, Mary Anne Kiser
The Triangle AIDA Grade 5-6 
Literature		 Compare & Contrast Teaching Critical & Creative Thinking in Language Arts by Robert J. Swartz, Mary Anne Kiser, Rebecca Reagan
Women's Rights Grade 5-6 
Literature		 Reasons & Conclusions Teaching Critical & Creative Thinking in Language Arts- Grade 5&6  by Robert J. Swartz, Mary Anne Kiser, Rebecca Reagan
What Should Sarah Do? Grade 3-4
Language Arts		 Decision Making Teaching Critical & Creative Thinking in Language Arts - Grade 3 & 4 by Robert J. Swartz, Traci Whipple, Gina Blaisdell, Mary Anne Kiser




ARTICLES:

We are also striving to make available to you important current articles in the field that you can print out from our web page. So please check back from time to time to see if we have added articles to our list.

 

  • KEYNOTE ADDRESS PRESENTED AT THE FIRST ANNUAL THINKING QUALITIES INITIATIVE CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG - JUNE 23, 2000
    The movement to bring the explicit teaching of thinking into the classroom stimulated the creation of a variety of special courses and programs with thinking as a focus during the 1980s. When a separate program is used as the sole vehicle for instruction in thinking, however effective it may be otherwise, there is indication that the transfer of what is learned into other academic work and into everyday thinking is far less automatic than we would like. READ MORE....