Critical Thinking

Our roundup of resources will help you implement Socratic seminars and other classroom discussion models that encourage critical thinking.
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"Knowing the answers may help them in school, but knowing how to question will help them for life." School Student, Public School, Student Behavior, Student Teaching, Expression Imagée, Middle School, High School, School Discipline, Teaching Tolerance
5 Ways to Help Your Students Become Better Questioners
"Knowing the answers may help them in school, but knowing how to question will help them for life."
By collecting their learning artifacts and compiling them into portfolios, students should have an opportunity to reflect upon their experiences and see their own growth. Learning Process, Student Learning, Art Teacher Jobs, Student Led Conferences, Technology Integration, Arts Integration, Instructional Design, Instructional Strategies
The Art of Reflection
By collecting their learning artifacts and compiling them into portfolios, students should have an opportunity to reflect upon their experiences and see their own growth.
Attorney and author G. Randy Kasten suggests that educators have an obligation to prepare young minds for the thickening information cloud they're already being forced to navigate. Thoughts On Education, Media Education, Education Today, 21st Century Learning, 21st Century Skills, Reading Prep, Apps For Teachers, Teacher Apps, Historical Thinking Skills
Overcoming Obstacles to Critical Thinking
Attorney and author G. Randy Kasten suggests that educators have an obligation to prepare young minds for the thickening information cloud they're already being forced to navigate.
As students get more confident asking questions in class, they'll be better prepared to take their questioning attitude into the world. Teaching Strategies Elementary, Teacher Resources Elementary, Teaching Plan, Teaching Social Studies, Teaching Kindergarten, Teaching Resources, High School Education, Education And Literacy, Museum Education
Who Wants to Know? Use Student Questions to Drive Learning
As students get more confident asking questions in class, they'll be better prepared to take their questioning attitude into the world.
Bring real-world authenticity to literacy analysis by including movie criticism in your lessons. Teaching Theatre, Theatre Education, Teaching Drama, Teaching Literature, Teaching Ela, Teaching High School, Teaching Tips, College Teaching, English Teaching Resources
Using Film to Teach Analysis Skills
Bring real-world authenticity to literacy analysis by including movie criticism in your lessons.
[Link to download] 53 Ways to Check for Understanding Instructional Coaching, Assessment For Learning Strategies, Formative Assessment Tools, Formal Assessment, Summative Assessment, Teacher Tools, Teacher Resources
Dipsticks: Efficient Ways to Check for Understanding
[Link to download] 53 Ways to Check for Understanding
Edutopia blogger Ben Johnson proposes teachers move past off-the-cuff and knowledge-based questions by designing questions before teaching. 21st Century Classroom, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Pd Ideas, Teaching Literacy, Teaching Ideas, Assessment For Learning, Classroom Discussion
How to Use Wild Hog Questions in the Classroom
Edutopia blogger Ben Johnson proposes teachers move past off-the-cuff and knowledge-based questions by designing questions before teaching.
Watch Carol Dweck, Stanford University's growth mindset guru and researcher, talk about the winning combination of having high expectations of students and providing effective support. Growth Mindset Carol Dweck, Growth Mindset Videos, Growth Mindset Classroom, School Leadership, Educational Leadership, Professional Learning, Professional Development, Personal Development, Social Emotional Learning
Watch What's Working: Carol Dweck Talks Growth Mindset
Watch Carol Dweck, Stanford University's growth mindset guru and researcher, talk about the winning combination of having high expectations of students and providing effective support.
A Guide For Teaching With Analogies by Terry Heick. Analogies are one of the best kept secrets in education. Often used as multiple choice question items or as warm-ups to begin a lesson, analogies are used in teaching and learning strategies because of their flexibility, ease of use, and tendency to force cognitive load on students. Kindergarten Math Ten Frames, Education Kindergarten, Similes And Metaphors, Synonyms And Antonyms, Learning Strategies, Writing Strategies
A Guide For Teaching With Analogies
A Guide For Teaching With Analogies by Terry Heick. Analogies are one of the best kept secrets in education. Often used as multiple choice question items or as warm-ups to begin a lesson, analogies are used in teaching and learning strategies because of their flexibility, ease of use, and tendency to force cognitive load on students.
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The Best Resources For Helping Teachers Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
Combining Critical Thinking Skills with Bloom's Taxonomy
Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century Teaching Tools, Differentiated Instruction, Teaching Info
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Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century
Educators are tasked with teaching students how to find answers themselves. And it all starts with a simple three-word phrase: I don't know. 21st Century Schools, Active Learning Strategies, Teaching Practices, Discussion Strategies, Middle School Language Arts
The Power of "I Don't Know"
Educators are tasked with teaching students how to find answers themselves. And it all starts with a simple three-word phrase: I don't know.
5 questions to increase engagement and critical thinking in your classroom. Avid Strategies, Teaching Homeschool, Instructional Technology, Inquiry Based Learning
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5 questions to increase engagement and critical thinking in your classroom.
Great infographic from Mentoring Minds on developing 21st century critical thinkers. Online Teaching, Teaching Biology
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Great infographic from Mentoring Minds on developing 21st century critical thinkers.