Critical Thinking Strategies
What are critical thinking strategies? Using cognitive skills to evaluate information and ideas in written and spoken language in order to draw conclusions, make decisions, or form opinions.
New to teaching critical thinking strategies? Start with our skill explainers on inferencing and comprehension monitoring.
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