Critical thinking involves identifying, evaluating, and constructing arguments.Critical thinking makes use of many procedures. These procedures include asking questions, making judgments, and identifying assumptions. ~ Michael Covel

Moving toward the Conceptual Age requires a shift in education in four different domains:

INTELLIGENCE

• GLCEs
• Processing Information in order to Problem Solve
• Working interactively
• Utilizing Multiple Intelligences

INSTRUCTION

• Teachers as "guides"
• Utilizing multiples instructional strategies
• Designing curriculum
• Teaming/collaboration between teachers

CURRICULUM

• Based on processing and thinking about information
• Cross-Curricular
• Concept/Issue/Theme Based
• Multiple Sources of Information

ASSESSMENT

• Application of knowledge
• Process and Product
• Performance
• Ongoing:  Portfolios, Journals