Critical Thinking and Small Group Activities

Authors

  • Claude Gratton Antelope Valley College, CA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.22329/il.v30i4.3074

Keywords:

think-pair share, snowballing/pyramid, buzz group, learning group, teaching group, role-playing, role-reversal, fishbowl/inner circle, collaborative conceptual analysis, thinking aloud in pairs, metacognition.

Abstract

I mention the benefits, challenges, and costs of using small group activities to enhance our students’ learning of critical thinking skills in our courses, and then describe ten examples of these groups. Two of these examples are not commonly reported in the literature on small groups, so I describe them in greater detail to facilitate their use in our courses.

Author Biography

Claude Gratton, Antelope Valley College, CA

Philosophy Program Antelope Valley College 3041 West Ave K Lancaster, CA 93536 U.S.A.

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Published

2010-12-15

Issue

Vol. 30 No. 4 (2010)

Section

Teaching Supplement

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