Critical Thinking
Critical Thinking: More Than 'Higher-Order' Cognition
100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking
Evaluate: Criticize, Reframe, Judge, Defend, Appraise, Value, Prioritize Plan, Grade, Reframe, Revise, Refine, Grade, Argue, Support, Decide, Re-design
60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves
60 Ways To Help Students Think For Themselves by Terry Heick Motivating and engaging students is the goal of most teachers--priming them to receive instruction, or otherwise align themselves to...
What Is Four-Dimensional Questioning?
What is Four-DImensional thinking? The way you ask a question yields different results and can lead you in different directions.
20 Critical Thinking Questions About American Pop Culture Holidays
"Explain how 'It's a Wonderful Life' both reinforces and challenges prevailing social norms both then (release date) and today."
3 Modes Of Thinking: Lateral, Divergent & Convergent Thought
3 Modes Of Thinking: Lateral, Divergent & Convergent Thought by TeachThought Staff TeachThought is about, more than anything else, human improvement. A core tenet of humanity is our ability to think...
12 General Critical Thinking Questions About Voting And Government
12 General Critical Thinking Questions About Voting & Government by Terry Heick Just a quick post that's self-explanatory enough: It's almost #ElectionDay! Some questions for student critical thinking: What is...
25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning
25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking apps aren't the sweet spot of mobile app design. Most of the more popular apps are focused...
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say by Terry Heick "Ohhh, now I get it." The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign that you've moved a...
An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom
An Updated Guide to Questioning in the Classroom by TeachThought Staff Something we've become known for is our focus on thought, inquiry, and understanding, and questions are a big part...
What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean?
What Does 'Critical Thinking' Mean? by Terry Heick This post has been updated from a 2014 post What does 'critical thinking' mean? Well, that depends on who you ask. For...
30 Universal Strategies For Learning
30 Universal Strategies For Learning by Terry Heick As teachers, we're all trying to better understand how people learn--not now they're taught in terms of teaching strategies, but more so...
What Is Confirmation Bias?
What is confirmation bias? Broadly speaking, confirmation bias is the tendency of people to overvalue data that supports their own beliefs.
50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School
50 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer Before They Graduate High School by Terry Heick For professional development on ideas like this--or PBL, inquiry, assessment, literacy, and pretty...
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom by Terry Heick Note: You can purchase a similar, classroom-ready version of these stems on printable cards, if you find that useful. Meaningful...
15 Questions To Ask When Introducing New Content To Students
15 Questions To Ask When Introducing New Content To Students by Terry Heick It just might be that in a society where information is abundant, thinking habits are more important...
10 Reasons To Use Inquiry-Based Learning In Your Classroom
10 Reasons To Use Inquiry-Based Learning In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff We've talked about how and when to use inquiry-based learning--and apps for inquiry-based learning, too. What we haven't...
The Question Game: A Playful Way To Teach Critical Thinking
The Question Game by Sophie Wrobel, geist.avesophos.de The Question Game: A Playful Way To Teach Critical Thinking Big idea: Teaching kids to ask smart questions on their own A four-year-old asks...
5 Things Teachers Can Do To Help Students Make Meaning
5 Things Teachers Can Do To Help Students Make Meaning contributed by Kelsey Skaggs, MIND Research Institute Rigor gets a bad reputation. It’s that thing that makes life difficult and uncomfortable....
