No. 841Ages 11 to 14
Fact and Opinion
Telling what can be proven from what someone believes, with signal words, a colour-coded paragraph and statements to classify.
No. 842Ages 11 to 14
Spotting Bias
How a one-sided text slants you, balanced against biased, with the common tricks and lines to unpick.
No. 843Ages 11 to 14
Evidence and Sources
What makes a claim stand up, with four kinds of evidence, strong against weak, and pieces to weigh.
No. 844Ages 11 to 14
Reliable Sources
Five quick tests for trusting a source, author to balance, with sources to judge as reliable or not.
No. 845Ages 11 to 14
Logical Fallacies
Six flaws in reasoning that sound convincing, from ad hominem to bandwagon, each with an example to name.
No. 846Ages 11 to 14
Cause and Effect
What makes something happen and why correlation is not causation, with a labelled chain and sentences to unpick.
No. 847Ages 11 to 14
Making an Inference
Reading between the lines, with the evidence plus knowledge formula, a worked example and clues to interpret.
No. 848Ages 11 to 14
Evaluating an Argument
Premises, conclusion and four quick checks, with a clear worked syllogism and arguments to rate strong or weak.
No. 849Ages 11 to 14
Problem-Solving Steps
A five-step method for any problem, understand to reflect, with a worked money example to follow.
Type or write inNo. 850Ages 11 to 14
Critical Thinking Puzzles
A mixed worksheet pulling the pack together, fact or opinion, fallacies, inference and cause and effect, with a full answer key.