O. X. Xamidov universitet rektori, rais

7- SHO‗BA 
BOSHLANG‗ICH TA‘LIM SAMARADORLIGINI 
 OSHIRISH MUAMMOLARI 
 
IMPORTANCE OF DEVELOPING STUDENTS‘ THINKING SKILLS AND TEACHING 
TO CRITICAL THINKING 
Aripova Shoira Djurakulovna, 
 Lecturer, Department of Literature,
Tashkent State Agrarian University 
In recent years there has been growing interest across the world in ways of developing children‘s 
thinking and learning skills. This interest has been fed by new knowledge about how the brain works and 
how people learn, and evidence that specific interventions can improve children‘s thinking and 
intelligence. The particular ways in which people apply their minds to solving problems are called 
thinking skills. Many researchers suggest that thinking skills are essential to effective learning, though not 
all agree on the definition of this term. If thinking is how children make sense of learning then developing 
their thinking skills will help them get more out of learning and life. This chapter looks at the implications 
of research into ways to develop thinking children, thinking classrooms and thinking schools. 
Thinking skills are the mental processes that we apply when we seek to make sense of experience. 
Thinking skills enable us to integrate each new experience into the schema that we are constructing of 
"how things are". It is apparent that better thinking will help us to learn more from our experience and to 
make better use of our intelligence .It has always been the central aim of education to improve the quality 
of thinking because better thinking will not only enable us to become more successful at learning but will 
also equip us for life, enabling us to realise our own potential and to contribute to the development of 
society. Thinking Skills are the mental processes we use to do things like: solve problems, make 
decisions, ask questions, make plans, pass judgements, organise information and create new ideas. Often 
we're not aware of our thinking - it happens automatically - but if we take time to ponder what's going on 
then we can become more efficient and more creative with our minds. 
In recent years there has been much research into ways of developing children‘s thinking and 
learning skills. This has been informed by growing knowledge about how the brain works, how people 
learn and how teaching approaches can help improve children‘s ability to think and learn. ‗Thinking 
skills‘ is a term often used to refer to the many capacities involved in thinking and learning. These skills 
are seen as fundamental to lifelong learning, active citizenship and emotional intelligence. Research 
shows that thinking is developed through cognitive challenge, and opportunities for collaborative work 
and metacognitive discussion. Successful approaches to teaching thinking include cognitive acceleration, 
brain-based and philosophical approaches. These and other teaching strategies can help raise standards of 
achievement and create thinking children, thinking classrooms and thinking schools. 
The 21st century learning skills are often called the 4 C‘s: critical thinking, creative thinking, 
communicating, and collaborating. These skills help students learn, and so they are vital to success in 
school and beyond. Inquire teaches specific strategies for developing critical thinking skills. 
The only way to teach critical thinking is to have students think critically about something. The 
only way to teach problem solving is to present students with problems that they must solve. That's why 
teaching 21st century skills is a perfect match for any content-area class. Critical thinking deepens 
students' understanding of science, and science sharpens students' critical thinking.