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opportunity the accountability climate provides for us to become leaders in understanding
and measuring critical thinking behavior.
One last thought. I’ve carried this cartoon (Figure 6.2) with me for 20 years. It was
originally rendered by one of my students who asked me to remind anyone who is listen-
ing to me talk about critical thinking that students are fragile. Knocking them off balance
sometimes knocks the props out and we need to exercise care and planning to elicit their
best work.
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