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To: epicure who wrote (154780)	1/22/2011 8:19:41 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 543173

>>My students always come back and tell me they were well prepared for the tests- because everything we are supposed to cover, is covered in class. And that is as it should be. And "thinking" is taught every time we tell children how to plan an essay, approach a business plan (yes, that's in our curriculum), write a business letter, or tackle a biography. Before you can write, you have to be able to think about what you are going to write. Every written assignment requires planning. I don't see how you could possibly teach English without teaching metathinking- because in order to improve, you have to think about how you were thinking before, and then work on your weaknesses, and build on your strengths.<< I should be more careful with my words. What I was talking about was critical thinking and logic. I think it's quite possible, in a lot of schools, to go all the way through high school without developing the capacity for critical thinking. It's certainly possible in a lot of classes, at least.