Critical Thinking

26 Questions Every Student Should Be Able To Answer by Terry Heick These questions are more about the student than you, your classroom, or education. What every student should know...

Critical thinking is the engine of learning. Within this complex process or so many other relevant themes that contribute to learning: creativity, analysis, evaluation, innovation, application, and scores of other...

Critical Thinking From The Ground Up by John Jensen Images of critical thinking in full bloom abound—teams in furious concentration to send rockets to Mars, the ferment of ideas in businesses...

14 Brilliant Bloom's Taxonomy Posters For Teachers by TeachThought Staff You can get a ready-for-the-classroom version of Bloom's Digital Taxonomy for $6.95! Bloom's Taxonomy is a useful tool for assessment...

by John Barell, morecuriousminds The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology has an exciting department, the Artifact Lab,  that can serve as a model for inquiry and inquiry-based learning. Among...

We love thisisindexed.com, a blog by Jessica Hagy, who uses quick visuals to express ideas. So what is the relationship between confusion and information? We must say, we agree.  

15 Legitimate Ways Daydreaming Improves Thinking The student’s eyes drift to the classroom window and the teacher’s voice fades from consciousness. The daydream begins. It’s a familiar scene, one we...

by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education Lately I have been thinking a lot about thinking. More specifically, I have been thinking hard about the absence of thought in education. The absence of...