The term “21st-century skills” is generally used to refer to certain core competencies such as collaboration, digital literacy, critical thinking, and problem-solving that advocates believe schools need to teach to help students thrive in today’s world.

Answer. Explanation: We can distinguish between critical reading and critical thinking in the following way: Critical reading is a technique for discovering information and ideas within a text. Critical thinking is a technique for evaluating information and ideas, for deciding what to accept and believe.

While the 21st-century learning advocates claim to value critical thinking, they fail to recognize that critical thinking can only take place when you know something about a subject. This is why core knowledge is important. Knowledge is also the key to reading comprehension.

21st Century Skills

• Critical thinking, problem solving, reasoning, analysis, interpretation, synthesizing information.
• Research skills and practices, interrogative questioning.
• Creativity, artistry, curiosity, imagination, innovation, personal expression.
• Perseverance, self-direction, planning, self-discipline, adaptability, initiative.

Communication Creativity Critical Thinking Collaboration

1. Let Your Students Lead The Learning. Learning takes place best in environments where students feel empowered to learn.
2. Create an Inquiry-Based Classroom Environment.
3. Encourage Collaboration.
4. Develop Critical Thinking Skills.
5. Encourage Creativity.

It’s about teaching students to think from creative angles. It’s about having the ability to organize words, phrases, and sentences for maximum communication power. If students don’t know grammar, they don’t know what’s possible with the English language.

The Granite School District Educational Technology Department seeks to leverage the power of technology to support the “Four Cs” of 21st Century Learning: Critical Thinking, Communication, Collaboration, and Creativity.

Good grammar helps you communicate clearly and get what you want. Grammar is the groundwork of clear communication. “The better the grammar, the clearer the message, the more likelihood of understanding the message’s intent and meaning,” author William Bradshaw wrote in this Huffington Post article.