15 Critical Thinking Prompts Worksheet for Students

This worksheet asks you to choose one of the 15 critical thinking prompts and respond to it. Since no specific question or statement was assigned, I'll demonstrate how to answer by choosing prompt #3: "How would you solve this problem?"

Let me work through an example response:

Step 1: Choose a problem to solve
I need to pick a real problem. Let's use: "Students are often late to their first class in the morning."

Step 2: Think about why this happens
- Students stay up too late
- They hit snooze on alarms
- They spend too much time getting ready
- Traffic or bus delays

Step 3: Come up with solutions
- Set multiple alarms across the room
- Prepare clothes and backpack the night before
- Go to bed 30 minutes earlier
- Leave home 15 minutes earlier than needed

Step 4: Pick the best solution
The most practical solution is preparing everything the night before AND setting an alarm across the room. This addresses both the preparation time issue and the snooze button problem.

Step 5: Explain how to implement it
- Every evening, lay out clothes, pack bag, prepare lunch
- Place phone/alarm clock on dresser across from bed
- When alarm rings, you MUST get up to turn it off
- Once up, stay up and get ready

This solution is simple, costs nothing, and directly tackles the root causes of being late.

Final Answer:
Prompt #3 Response - Problem: Being late to first period. Solution: (1) Prepare everything the night before - clothes, backpack, lunch. (2) Place alarm clock across the room so you must get out of bed to turn it off. (3) Once standing, immediately start your morning routine. This works because it eliminates morning decision-making and prevents hitting snooze. Implementation: Start tonight by organizing tomorrow's items and moving your alarm. Track your arrival times for one week to see improvement.