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6 Alternatives To Bloom’s Taxonomy For Teachers

Critical Thinking / November 16, 2021 November 21, 2021 / Bloom's Taxonomy, Essential

Why might you need alternatives to Bloom’s Taxonomy? While wonderful, it neglects important ideas that see the whole child.

Critical Thinking / November 9, 2021 November 23, 2021 / Essential, Resources

Graphic organizers allow students to visualize, order, and categorize concepts using verbal representations & visuals.

Technology / October 10, 2021 December 2, 2021 / Essential, Resources

We’ve updated this master list to include 100 essential edtech tools in categories like SEL, formative assessment, and lesson planning.

Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).

Critical Thinking / August 4, 2021 November 9, 2021 / Essential, Terry Heick

How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.

Critical Thinking / July 30, 2021 November 18, 2021 / Essential

Logical fallacies are irrational arguments made through faulty reasoning common enough to be named for its respective logical failure.

Teaching / June 19, 2021 November 21, 2021 / Essential, Terry Heick

Every lesson plan should have a clear and compelling–and accessible–role for each student during each moment of the lesson.

Learning / May 9, 2021 November 18, 2021 / Essential, Random

Sugata Mitra showed that children could learn complex tasks in the absence of formal training, spurred on by curiosity and peer interest.

While screen time certainly matters, focusing only on time is like developing a literacy program that focuses only on ‘minutes read.’

Critical Thinking / May 5, 2021 November 21, 2021 / Essential, Terry Heick

Critical thinking strategies often employ multiple data sources and perspectives in pursuit of understanding.

How would it change the learning process to start with a tone of humility? To clarify what can be known, and what cannot?

What kinds of questions to ask students support what they’ve learned remotely and enhance their ability to apply it?