Don’t Believe Everything You Think: The 6 Basic Mistakes We Make in Thinking discusses how to recognize faulty thinking and develop the necessary skills to become a more effective problem solver. Author Thomas Kida identifies “the six-pack of problems” that leads many of us unconsciously to accept false ideas. Students will use personal narratives, past and current events (social issue), a botched court case, and a “researched” product to prove that the six mistakes we make in thinking are legitimately accurate.
Note: New Tech Network tasks include a content area (knowledge and thinking) rubric as well as a written communication rubric. Ideally, both rubrics will be used, but teachers also have the option of using one or the other to focus the task on a narrower set of skills.
