Three of the Following Teaching Strategies Should Promote Critical Thinking

question 37

Multiple Choice

Three of the following teaching strategies should promote critical thinking. Which strategy, although beneficial in other ways, will not necessarily promote critical thinking skills?

• A) Teach critical thinking skills within the context of several different subject-area courses.
• B) Have students relate new information to things they already know about the world.
• C) Have students debate a controversial issue by taking a perspective in direct opposition to what they actually believe.
• D) Ask students to read a persuasive essay and look for possible flaws in the author's line of reasoning.

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