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Education system in Pakistan is in transition towards betterment. Pakistan’s latest educational policy has stated development of critical thinking in students as a goal. But research shows that the system is still relying on cramming and is deficient in developing the ability to think critically. Development of critical thinking is possible by infusing thinking oriented activities in regular English language instruction. This quasi-experimental study aims to develop critical thinking of elementary students using infusion approach of critical thinking in language instruction. It will explore the effect of infusion approach in language instruction on the development of critical thinking in students The population of the study was elementary level (grade 8 boys) students of Army Public Schools across Pakistan.one school was selected for conducting experiment. One stage cluster sampling was done to select the control and experimental groups of study. The control group received language instruction through traditional methods while experimental group was taught using critical thinking development model. The intervention lasted for 12 weeks. The scores of pre-posttests of control and experimental group were analyzed through t test using SPSS 20 .The results showed that the model used showed a significant enhancement in the development of critical thinking.

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