Examining Reasoning: Classroom Techniques To Help Students Produce and Defend Claims

Can your students recognize when their own logic is flawed?

Academic standards call for increased rigor, but simply raising complexity is not enough. Students need to know how to state a claim and support it with evidence. They must be able to examine their own thinking and the thinking of others. As they consider the logic in their reasoning, they become adept at examining errors, identifying flawed logic, and, ultimately, deepening their understanding of the content.

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