Rationale New standards are listing critical and creative thinking as required educational criteria for learning across the curriculum. Many standardized tests are being restructured to examine students' capacity to actively use and apply knowledge. The teaching of thinking has been a persistent and noble educational goal for centuries and remains so today. Students do not tend to acquire thinking skills and habits of mind simply by studying regular subject matter in traditional ways. Good thinking leads to deeper understanding within and across the disciplines.
Intelligence is learnable, hence it is teachable.
As teachers, we are obligated to teach thinking. First, effective learning tends to be self-regulated . Effective learners actively take charge of their own learning processes by drawing on their own interests, prior knowledge, and experiences. In other words, students must move beyond the role of passive receiver of information and into the role of active participant in their learning. Going beyond the information given might mean students generate an explanation, challenge an assumption, make a comparison, or apply ideas to new contexts.