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Kasey Bell

Best EdTech of 2014 - 1 views

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  • Kasey Bell on 12 Dec 14
     
    "Common Sense Graphite editors and reviewers rated and reviewed hundreds of learning tools in 2014, using our research-backed rubric and rigorous evaluative process. Out of that pack, these 30 tools not only rated highly for engagement, pedagogy, and support, but stood out as truly head of the class."
nitatechi

The Importance of Teaching Critical Thinking - 3 views

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  • many students are leaving the K-12 education system lacking the critical thinking skills that are necessary to succeed in higher education or in the workplace
  • the need to have better scores on assessments is just one of them
  • list critical thinking as a major intellectual and practical skill,
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  • that learning requires effort, but critical thinking requires maximum exertion of intellectual capability and that students and teachers alike find critical thinking discomforting because it requires personal reflection.
  • focus on enhancing critical thinking skills in K-12 can add academic rigor and increase the scores on the standardized assessments
  • understand why
  • Critical thinking can be infused in lessons throughout all disciplines by utilizing in depth questioning and evaluation of both data and sources (
  • o engage students in critical thinking, the educator needs to act as a facilitator to allow for discussion and encourage a freer thought process, as well as to encourage understanding that thinking critically does not always end with a right answer, but instead sometimes ends in more questions or differing evaluations of the topic
  • writing essays and utilizing questions that adhere to Bloom’s Taxonomy higher order thinking are examples of ways to engage students in critical thinking in the classroom
  • the use of wikis in education.  This activity can be utilized by having students create a wiki about the subject content they are studying or by having them analyze the information currently available in existing wikis
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