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The Cognitive Biases List: A Visual Of 180+ Heuristics

Terry Heick Jul 3, 2019

Cognitive biases are tendencies to selectively search for or interpret data in a way that confirms one’s existing beliefs.

How To Build MECE Hypotheses Using A Decision Tree

TeachThought Staff Jun 23, 2019

MECE is a framework that allows you to organize data to ensure that all data is analyzed to ensure all possibilities…

Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers

Terry Heick Jun 12, 2019

Why are questions more important than answers? Because answers stop learning while questions start it, contextualizing what we don’t know.

Want To Make A Difficult Conversation Productive? Use A…

TeachThought Staff Apr 11, 2019

Ideally, before difficult conversations, all parties would commit to following a third party-developed protocol to achieve the best outcome.

38 Prompts Merging Reflective Thinking With Bloom’s Taxonomy

TeachThought Staff Apr 6, 2019

We developed a taxonomy to provide a schema of prompts that could be used by students and teachers to hone their…

25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought Staff Jan 28, 2019

From rubrics and presentations to apps, definitions, and frameworks, here are 25 of the best resources for critical thinking.

The Definition Of Swarm Problem Solving

TeachThought Staff Jan 27, 2019

Like the rules underlying complexity found in swarm intelligence, Swarm Problem Solving possesses simple rules useful for unpacking problems.

What Is Four-Dimensional Questioning?

TeachThought Staff Nov 18, 2018

What is Four-Dimensional questioning? The way you ask a question yields different results and can lead you in different directions.