When I was in elementary school my mom taught me to take notes on sources. Whenever I had a report to write, she would bring out some index cards (or sometimes referred to as 3X5 cards) and teach me how to record publication information on one side and source information on the other.
We have a new resource for teaching critical thinking! You will find a number of strategies you can use to engage students in higher level thinking. Here are some ways to use this new section.
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