Critical thinking is lacking in the primary school education style. In college beginning students have difficulty with any activity that employes critical thinking skill. Most of my student cannot solve problems, they want you to hold their hand and to just be able to fill in the blanks. I have had good results with some by not directly answering their question with the needed information, but asking questions that make them think and look for the answers themselves.
I will try to employ more of wht I learned here to lead students to develop their critical thinking skills.
