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Teachers' Practices of Developing Students’ Critical Thinking Skills. All participants mentioned six concepts mentioned in the instructive and methodological letter and a few other methods that make these concepts applicable, such as fishbone, triad, jigsaw, and SWOT. The method mentioned most by history teachers was “cause and effect.” “Cause and effect” is applied to identify what important factors influenced political processes in a certain historical period. Xxxxxx stated that this method is suited for learning uprisings in history. She also mentioned identifying advantages and disadvantages as a part of the learning tool, and SWOT analysis was also one of the methods. Xxxxxx uses “compare and contrast,” revealing similarities and differences, which is another concept indicated in the instructive and methodological letter for history subjects: In older classes, we give information, for example, about Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, when they ask what his tactics were, and they can compare it with the tactics of other commanders of that time, for example, Xxxxxx. In such a comparative perspective, the student evaluates how strong a commander Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx was, whether his level is unique to us, or whether his tactics, in general, are the most advanced tactics among world commanders. We should not consider Baurzhan Momushul through one lens; we should take it to the international level and can they compare? Xxxxxx and Xxxxx report that principles such as “compare and contrast”, and “change and continuity” help better unfold the topic in the class and compel students to ask deep questions. They claimed that parental reports suggest said that students' level of thinking has increased and the usage of these methods has expanded students’ horizons. Letting students engage in this way helps them to form critical thinking skills. Introducing critical thinking gradually and reinforcing it across several lessons was viewed as beneficial, as described by Xxxxxx in the following quote: And it can be effective if working with these concepts is shown on the basis of several lessons. The students in the class I have been teaching for two years know how to summarize the results of high-level tasks. And the new classes do the tasks based on only one example, but by showing them different examples, the level of thinking can be developed during a year. Xxxxxx emphasized that the skill of critical thinking is not immediately executed or developed; if the students understand your teaching style, they should understand how to respond to you in class...
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