“The most important goal of schooling is to learn. And learning, as numerous educators have repeatedly pointed out, is a consequence of thinking. The learners success in school is thus heavily dependent on their inclinations as well as their abilities to think skillfully. This also holds true for success in the workplace and in most areas of civic and social life. One way to ensure that students learn more and better than they do now, and to help ensure their success in out - of - school life as well, is to help them improve the quality of their thinking” (Beyer, 1997).
Unlike high school teachers who spoon-feed their students, college instructors allow their students to work on their own by only giving them the needed concept. College requires …show more content…
According to Elder et.al (2010) there are six stages of critical thinking development, (1) that there are predictable stages through which every person who develops as a critical thinker passes, (2) that passage from one stage to the next is dependent upon a necessary level of commitment on the part of an individual to develop as a critical thinker, is not automatic, and is unlikely to take place subconsciously, (3) that success in instruction is deeply connected to the intellectual quality of student learning, and (4) that regression is possible in development. The stages lay out the following:
Stage one- The Unreflective Thinkers are largely unaware of the determining role that thinking is playing in their lives and of the many ways that problems in thinking are causing problems in their lives.
Stage two-The Challenged Thinker are thinkers who move to the challenged stage when they become initially aware of the determining role that thinking is playing in their lives, and of the fact that problems in their thinking are causing them serious and significant …show more content…
It is clearly stated that language and thinking are inseparable. One cannot exist without the other one. Since language involves thinking and thinking usually express in written or spoken language therefore language and thinking are inseparable. The two lines coming from language proficiency and critical thinking show that these two components affect the academic performance of the learners. It means that if one is proficient in language and if one can think critically then, one may perform well
Unlike high school teachers who spoon-feed their students, college instructors allow their students to work on their own by only giving them the needed concept. College requires …show more content…
According to Elder et.al (2010) there are six stages of critical thinking development, (1) that there are predictable stages through which every person who develops as a critical thinker passes, (2) that passage from one stage to the next is dependent upon a necessary level of commitment on the part of an individual to develop as a critical thinker, is not automatic, and is unlikely to take place subconsciously, (3) that success in instruction is deeply connected to the intellectual quality of student learning, and (4) that regression is possible in development. The stages lay out the following:
Stage one- The Unreflective Thinkers are largely unaware of the determining role that thinking is playing in their lives and of the many ways that problems in thinking are causing problems in their lives.
Stage two-The Challenged Thinker are thinkers who move to the challenged stage when they become initially aware of the determining role that thinking is playing in their lives, and of the fact that problems in their thinking are causing them serious and significant …show more content…
It is clearly stated that language and thinking are inseparable. One cannot exist without the other one. Since language involves thinking and thinking usually express in written or spoken language therefore language and thinking are inseparable. The two lines coming from language proficiency and critical thinking show that these two components affect the academic performance of the learners. It means that if one is proficient in language and if one can think critically then, one may perform well