The 4 Cs: A Framework For Improving Math Skills
The Four Cs stand for Converse, Count, Compare, Categorize, each of which are critical to the development of a young child’s mathematical knowledge.
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35 Psychology-Based Critical Thinking Strategies
State-Dependent Recall: It is easiest to recall information when you are in a state similar to the one in which you initially learned the material.
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10 Statements To Help Students Understand Wisdom
Wisdom is knowing what’s worth understanding, understanding the value of ideas, and always placing knowing in the context of not knowing
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13 Digital Research Lessons For Google-First Students
Here are 13 digital research lessons for the student who has grown up in an age of information abundance, but contextual scarcity.
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12 Strategies For Creating A Culture Of Problem-Solving In Your Classroom
Problem-solving and critical thinking are both skills and habits that allow students to apply and transfer academic knowledge into the real-world.
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A Bloom’s Taxonomy Model in 3D
Each colored block has an example of a learning objective corresponding with each combination of the cognitive process and knowledge dimensions.
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The 6 Facets Of Understanding: A Definition For Teachers
The 6 Facets of Understanding is a non-hierarchical framework for understanding. These ‘facets’ are useful as indicators of understanding.
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The Cognitive Biases List: A Visual Of 180+ Heuristics
Cognitive biases are tendencies to selectively search for or interpret data in a way that confirms one’s existing beliefs.
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How To Build MECE Hypotheses Using A Decision Tree
MECE is a framework that allows you to organize data to ensure that all data is analyzed to ensure all possibilities are exhausted.
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Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers
Why are questions more important than answers? Because answers stop learning while questions start it, contextualizing what we don’t know.
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Want To Make A Difficult Conversation Productive? Use A Protocol
Ideally, before difficult conversations, all parties would commit to following a third party-developed protocol to achieve the best outcome.
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38 Prompts Merging Reflective Thinking With Bloom’s Taxonomy
We developed a taxonomy to provide a schema of prompts that could be used by students and teachers to hone their reflective thinking skills.
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25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking
From rubrics and presentations to apps, definitions, and frameworks, here are 25 of the best resources for critical thinking.
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The Definition Of Swarm Problem Solving
Like the rules underlying complexity found in swarm intelligence, Swarm Problem Solving possesses simple rules useful for unpacking problems.
