Developing A Child s Critical Thinking Skills

Training Provided by Online Training Directory Course description -- Critical thinking skills are essential for children to have as they learn to make decisions and solve problems. This course addresses what adults can do to teach children how to think through and reason in age-appropriate ways, preparing them for the greater responsibilities that come as the child matures. There are diagnostic tools, activities, and communication techniques that adults will find very helpful in working with children to develop these important skills. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER REQUIRED - can`t use Netscape or other browsers for this training.

Developing A Child s Critical Thinking Skills Developing A Child`s Critical Thinking Skills

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PIN code provided for this course allows unlimited on-line access for 90 days. Critical thinking skills are essential for children to have as they learn to make decisions and solve problems. This course addresses what adults can do to teach children how to think through and reason in age-appropriate ways, preparing them for the greater responsibilities that come as the child matures. There are diagnostic tools, activities, and communication techniques that adults will find very helpful in working with children to develop these important skills. IMPORTANT NOTE: INTERNET EXPLORER (IE) BROWSER REQUIRED - can`t use Netscape or other browsers for this training.

Outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: -- Assess child`s critical thinking abilities. -- Appraise critical thinking ability. -- Monitor child`s academic progress. -- Promote opportunities for critical thinking. -- Make learning fun. -- Create appropriate atmosphere. -- Model critical thinking. -- Encourage activities. -- Interact with schools. -- Design a long-term strategy. -- Nurture a positive attitude. -- Create a plan. -- Assess progress.

Assessment:

Each course ends with a 20-question test made up of 10 true/false questions and 10 multiple-choice questions. If the Student achieves a 70% or higher on the test, then the training allows them to print out a Certificate of Completion. This test may be taken as many times as the Student wants during the licensed, on-line access period. No other testing or tracking is provided and, due to the personal nature of some of the skills tested, these scores are not recorded or tracked (besides the student themselves being able to print the certificate if they score >70% on the optional test). The test is not required to complete the course, but is an option, chosen at the student`s discretion, should they desire to attempt to gain the Certificate of Completion.

Course Information (see above or below lessons, outlines, activities, etc.) Strategy 1: ASSESS Child''s Critical Thinking Abilities Tip: Appraise critical thinking ability Understand thinking processes. Recognize connections. Utilize testing methods. Tip: Monitor child''''''''s academic progress Speak to Caregivers. Monitor Assignments.

Contact Hours: 10

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