# A miniature guide for those who teach on how to improve student learning: 30 practical ideas; based on "Critical thinking concepts & principles"; a companion to: "A miniature guide on how to study and learn", "A miniature guide to active and cooperative learning", "A miniature guide to critical thinking" #### 2003 - Richard W. Paul, Linda Elder **Link**: **DOI**: **Links**: **Tags**: **zotLink**: [zot](zotero://select/items/@paulMiniatureGuideThose2003) ###Abstract ``` ``` ### Notes-Highlights [[Shared heritage of thinking for fields]] In Socratic teaching we focus on asking students questions, not giving them answers. We model an inquiring, probing mind by frequently asking probing questions. Fortunately, the abilities we gain by focusing on the elements of reasoning, prepare us for Socratic questioning. Remember, there is a predictable set of relationships that hold for all subjects and disciplines, since every subject has been developed by those who had: shared goals and objectives (which defined the subject focus), shared questions and problems (whose solution they pursued), shared information and data (which they used as an empirical basis), shared modes of interpreting or judging that information, shared specialized concepts and ideas (which they used to help them organize their data), shared key assumptions (that gave them a basis from which to collectively begin), and a shared point-of-view (which enabled them to pursue common goals from a common framework). ([Location 654](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B005XP1LZ0&location=654))