Discussion
In order to nurture critical thinking skills among students, a teacher should design and deliver activities which demand :
(i) Logical reasoning and analysis.
(ii) Mere retrieval of previously learnt concepts.
(iii) Rote rehearsal and memorization.
(iv) Synthesis and evaluation of information.
Choose the correct option :
Answer: C
The activities should demand (i) and (iv), logical reasoning and analysis, and synthesis and evaluation of information.
Critical thinking means examining ideas and evidence, reasoning about them and making judgements. In Bloom's taxonomy these are the higher-order levels: analysis, synthesis (creating) and evaluation.
Mere retrieval of previously learnt concepts (ii) and rote rehearsal and memorisation (iii) belong to the lowest level, remembering. They are useful for some purposes but do not develop critical thinking, so every option containing (ii) or (iii) is wrong.
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