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Our roundup of resources will help you implement Socratic seminars and other classroom discussion models that encourage critical thinking.

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By collecting their learning artifacts and compiling them into portfolios, students should have an opportunity to reflect upon their experiences and see their own growth. Learning Process, Art Teacher Jobs, Teacher Portfolio, Portfolio Ideas, Student Led Conferences, Technology Integration, Arts Integration

Learning Process

Art Teacher Jobs

Teacher Portfolio

Portfolio Ideas

Student Led Conferences

Technology Integration

Arts Integration

By collecting their learning artifacts and compiling them into portfolios, students should have an opportunity to reflect upon their experiences and see their own growth.

edutopia

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Attorney and author G. Randy Kasten suggests that educators have an obligation to prepare young minds for the thickening information cloud they're already being forced to navigate. Visible Thinking, 21st Century Learning, 21st Century Skills, Apps For Teachers, Teacher Apps, Teaching Critical Thinking, Habits Of Mind, Education Today

Visible Thinking

21st Century Learning

21st Century Skills

Apps For Teachers

Teaching Critical Thinking

Education Today

Attorney and author G. Randy Kasten suggests that educators have an obligation to prepare young minds for the thickening information cloud they're already being forced to navigate.

edutopia

Critical Thinking

As students get more confident asking questions in class, they'll be better prepared to take their questioning attitude into the world. Teaching Plan, Teaching Social Studies, Teaching Tools, Blended Learning, Deep Learning, Education And Literacy, Museum Education, Planning School

Teaching Social Studies

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Museum Education

Planning School

As students get more confident asking questions in class, they'll be better prepared to take their questioning attitude into the world.

Bring real-world authenticity to literacy analysis by including movie criticism in your lessons. English Teaching Resources, Teaching Literature, Teaching Tips, College Teaching, Teaching Math, Teaching Theatre, High School Drama, Effective Teaching, Film Studies

English Teaching Resources

Teaching Literature

College Teaching

Teaching Theatre

High School Drama

Effective Teaching

Bring real-world authenticity to literacy analysis by including movie criticism in your lessons.

[Link to download] 53 Ways to Check for Understanding Instructional Coaching, Instructional Strategies, Differentiated Instruction, Instructional Design, Formative Assessment Strategies, Differentiation Strategies, Teacher Tools

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[Link to download] 53 Ways to Check for Understanding

Edutopia blogger Ben Johnson proposes teachers move past off-the-cuff and knowledge-based questions by designing questions before teaching. 21st Century Classroom, Thinking Skills, Critical Thinking, Assessment For Learning, English Literature, Lesson Plans, Teaching

21st Century Classroom

Thinking Skills

Critical Thinking

Assessment For Learning

English Literature

Edutopia blogger Ben Johnson proposes teachers move past off-the-cuff and knowledge-based questions by designing questions before teaching.

Watch Carol Dweck, Stanford University's growth mindset guru and researcher, talk about the winning combination of having high expectations of students and providing effective support. Growth Mindset Carol Dweck, Growth Mindset Videos, Growth Mindset Classroom, School Leadership, Educational Leadership, Importance Of Leadership, Visible Learning, Fixed Mindset

Growth Mindset Carol Dweck

Growth Mindset Videos

Growth Mindset Classroom

School Leadership

Educational Leadership

Importance Of Leadership

Visible Learning

Watch Carol Dweck, Stanford University's growth mindset guru and researcher, talk about the winning combination of having high expectations of students and providing effective support.

A Guide For Teaching With Analogies by Terry Heick. Analogies are one of the best kept secrets in education. Often used as multiple choice question items or as warm-ups to begin a lesson, analogies are used in teaching and learning strategies because of their flexibility, ease of use, and tendency to force cognitive load on students. Similes And Metaphors, Synonyms And Antonyms, Writing Strategies, Writing Advice, Fact And Opinion, Effective Learning, Levels Of Understanding, Cause And Effect

Similes And Metaphors

Synonyms And Antonyms

Writing Strategies

Fact And Opinion

Effective Learning

Levels Of Understanding

Cause And Effect

A Guide For Teaching With Analogies by Terry Heick. Analogies are one of the best kept secrets in education. Often used as multiple choice question items or as warm-ups to begin a lesson, analogies are used in teaching and learning strategies because of their flexibility, ease of use, and tendency to force cognitive load on students.

Combining Critical Thinking Skills with Bloom's Taxonomy Teaching Channel, Learning Objectives, Formation Continue

Teaching Channel

Learning Objectives

Formation Continue

Combining Critical Thinking Skills with Bloom's Taxonomy

Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century Teaching Methods

Teaching Methods

Upgrade your KWL Chart to the 21st Century

Educators are tasked with teaching students how to find answers themselves. And it all starts with a simple three-word phrase: I don't know. 21st Century Schools, Common Core Curriculum, Research Skills

21st Century Schools

Common Core Curriculum

Research Skills

Educators are tasked with teaching students how to find answers themselves. And it all starts with a simple three-word phrase: I don't know.

5 questions to increase engagement and critical thinking in your classroom. Avid Strategies, Instructional Technology

Avid Strategies

Instructional Technology

5 questions to increase engagement and critical thinking in your classroom.

Great infographic from Mentoring Minds on developing 21st century critical thinkers. Teaching Skills, Teaching Biology, Mentoring Minds

Teaching Skills

Teaching Biology

Mentoring Minds

Great infographic from Mentoring Minds on developing 21st century critical thinkers.

Useful graphic organizer to help students build an argument. Writing Lessons, Writing Resources, Teaching Writing, Writing Activities, Writing Skills, Essay Writing, Teacher Resources

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Teacher Resources

Useful graphic organizer to help students build an argument.

Interesting Critical Thinking Posters for Your Class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning Writing Tips, Literacy Skills, Early Literacy, Academic Writing, Creative Writing

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Interesting Critical Thinking Posters for Your Class ~ Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Critical thinking in Maker education Inquiry Based Learning, Experiential Learning, Learning Theory, Learning Resources, Cultura Maker, Reflective Practice, Reflective Learning

Inquiry Based Learning

Experiential Learning

Learning Theory

Learning Resources

Reflective Practice

Reflective Learning

Critical thinking in Maker education

Norman Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels is a system that categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them. Childhood Education, Primary Education

Childhood Education

Primary Education

Norman Webb's Depth of Knowledge Levels is a system that categorizes tasks according to the complexity of thinking required to successfully complete them.

Reading, in terms of scale and diversity, is different than it used to be. Thinking, in terms of context and application, is also different. Teaching Reading, Reading Is Thinking, Spiritual Formation

Teaching Reading

Reading Is Thinking

Spiritual Formation

Reading, in terms of scale and diversity, is different than it used to be. Thinking, in terms of context and application, is also different.

Report Finds ‘Deeper Learning’ Model Improves Outcomes for All Students | Mindshift The Learning Experience, Teenage Brain, Cognitive Problems

The Learning Experience

Cognitive Problems

Report Finds ‘Deeper Learning’ Model Improves Outcomes for All Students | Mindshift

To teach critical thinking, consider applying six definitions of that discipline to the practices of authentic inquiry, PBL, and integrated studies. Teaching Activities, Teaching Methodology

Teaching Activities

Teaching Methodology

To teach critical thinking, consider applying six definitions of that discipline to the practices of authentic inquiry, PBL, and integrated studies.

A research/inquiry board used by an art teacher. Brilliant! Science Inquiry, Science Classroom, Science Lessons, Classroom Ideas, Classroom Layout, Classroom Organisation, School Organization

Science Inquiry

Science Classroom

Science Lessons

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Classroom Layout

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School Organization

A research/inquiry board used by an art teacher. Brilliant!

Great response from a student. Funny Love, Funny Kids, Freaking Hilarious, The Awkward Yeti, Funny Test Answers, Funny Quotes, Funny Memes, 9 Year Olds, Teacher Humor

Freaking Hilarious

The Awkward Yeti

Funny Test Answers

Great response from a student.

15 “I Wonder What Would Happen If” Questions. Communication Orale, Creative Thinking, Elementary Art, Reggio Emilia, Art Education, Challenges

Communication Orale

Creative Thinking

15 “I Wonder What Would Happen If” Questions.