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For this assignment, we are using information found at **Partnership for 21st Century Skills (P21**). P21 is a national organization that advocates for 21st century readiness for every student. Information from the P21website has been included on this page to make your task today easier. After this project, some material will be removed in order to comply with copyright law.

= RECALCULATING = = = =__//﻿ //__= = = =__//Critical Thinking and Problem Solving //__=
 * //Reason Effectively //**
 * Use various types of reasoning (inductive, deductive, etc.) as appropriate to the situation


 * //Use Systems Thinking //**
 * Analyze how parts of a whole interact with each other to produce overall outcomes in complex systems


 * //Make Judgments and Decisions ([|Bloom's Taxonomy]) //**
 * Effectively analyze and evaluate evidence, arguments, claims and beliefs
 * Analyze and evaluate major alternative points of view
 * Synthesize and make connections between information and arguments
 * Interpret information and draw conclusions based on the best analysis
 * Reflect critically on learning experiences and processes


 * //S //****//olve Problems ([|Problem Solving]) //**
 * Solve different kinds of non-familiar problems in both conventional and innovative ways
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Identify and ask significant questions that clarify various points of view and lead to better solutions

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional information about these skills is listed below. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. [|Destination ImagiNation] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Destination ImagiNation, Inc. seeks to be the world's foremost non-profit membership organization dedicated to promoting three critical life skills among learners at all levels: Creativity, Teamwork, and Problem-Solving. These three life skills and the process in which they are implemented form the core of the organization's value system. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. [|Overview of Critical Thinking and Bloom's Taxonomy] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site gives an overview of critical thinking as it relates to Bloom's taxonomy, and lists numerous useful online resources on the subject. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. [|Georgia's Critical Thinking Skills Program] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Georgia Critical Thinking Skills Program, or Georgia's Effective Teaching Strategies (GETS) Program was designed to promote thinking and learning in the classroom. The Program centers around instructional strategies teachers use in the classroom to teach content while promoting critical, creative, and independent thinking. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. [|Critical Thinking Lesson Plans - Univerity of North Carolina] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lesson plans in the UNC Chapel Hill School of Education database relating to critical thinking. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. [|Critical Thinking Resources for Teachers] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This web site published by East Tennessee State University shows teachers how to design activities and assignments that require and teach critical thinking. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. [|Integrating Critical Thinking Skills Into the Classroom] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">How to article on incorporating these skills into classroom teaching. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. [|Digital Promise - Federation of American Scientists] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Federation of American Scientists (FAS) presented the latest research-based uses of advanced digital technologies for teaching, workforce training and lifelong learning on Wednesday, 14 June 2006. The demonstration of three sophisticated games that provide an environment to teach skills for problem-solving and managing systems were showcased as part of House "Innovation Week." <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8. [|What's wrong with college admissions] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thorough article that describes Robert Sternberg's groundbreaking Rainbow Project. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9. [|The Critical Thinking Community: Resources for Socratic Questioning, Higher Order Thinking, Critical Thinking conferences books and academic resources] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Center for Critical Thinking and Moral Critique and the Foundation For Critical thinking, two sister educational non-profit organizations, work closely together to promote educational reform. We seek to promote essential change in education and society through the cultivation of fair-minded critical thinking. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10. [|WannaLearn.com - Critical Thinking] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Index of resources, books and online tutorials and courses related to critical thinking. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">11. [|Search Strategies: Search with Peripheral Vision] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Finding Information on the Internet - free problem solving tutorial

=Notes:= Deductive reasoning arrives at a specific conclusion based on generalizations. Inductive reasoning takes events and makes generalizations


 * Systems thinking** is the process of understanding how things influence one another within a whole. In nature, systems thinking examples include ecosystems in which various elements such as air, water, movement, plants, and animals work together to survive or perish. In organizations, systems consist of people, structures, and processes that work together to make an organization healthy or unhealthy.