What Does ‘Critical Thinking’ Mean?
Critical thinking is the suspension of judgment while identifying biases and underlying assumptions in order to draw accurate conclusions.
Critical thinking is the suspension of judgment while identifying biases and underlying assumptions in order to draw accurate conclusions.
“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.
What Do You Do With A Student? by Terry Heick Say you’ve got some students. Two or 122. Doesn’t matter–they’re …
From content to thought, linear learning to spiral learning, and grading to micrograding, here are possible characteristics of an innovative classroom.
In a perfect world, all assessment would be formative–an ongoing loop of learning, feedback, revision, and learning again.
It’s an extraordinary amount of work to design precise and personalized assessments that illuminate pathways forward for individual students.
While ‘being cool’ isn’t necessary for effective pedagogy, there is an undeniable performative component to teaching.
Effective use of technology can reduce teacher workload, enable new instructional strategies, and improve student performance.
Literature Circles are a way for students to assume a specific role in the study of something (usually a text).
If we truly want a better world, we can’t continue to mirror the worst parts of that world into our classrooms.
Limiting the craft of writing in the classroom to a single content area has damaged the perceived power and potential of writing.
The quality of an idea and the collective quality of the effects of that idea are two very different things.