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Never stop asking : teaching students to be better critical thinkers / Nathan D. Lang-Raad.

by Lang-Raad, Nathan D., 1982- author.

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Hoboken, New Jersey : Jossey-Bass, a Wiley brand, [2023]

Critical thinking -- Study and teaching.

9781119887546 (paperback) :

1119887542 (paperback)

xiii, 210 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Introduction -- Critical Thinking Defined -- Why is Critical Thinking so Hard? -- Cognitive Hierarchy -- Inquiries of a Higher Order -- The Answer Isn't in the Back of the Book -- Collaborative Argumentation -- The Real World -- Creativity's Connection with Critical Thinking -- The Learning Environment -- Conclusion.

"In Never Stop Asking, author Dr. Nathan Lang-Raad shows K-12 teachers how human brains like to take mental shortcuts, known as heuristics, that allow the brain to save energy and perform more efficiently. These heuristics, however, can lead to illogical thinking, cognitive biases, and fallacies that can hinder critical thinking. Never Stop Asking: Teaching Students to be Better Critical Thinkers is the armor we need to defend ourselves and our students against the all-too-tempting shortcuts that the digital age has to offer, employing strategies to consistently and explicitly support teaching critical thinking and weaving it into the everyday landscape of your classroom"--

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