5 Absurd Myths About Critical Thinking
Complexities involved with teaching & assessing critical thinking have led to misconceptions about what it is and how to incorporate it.
Can You Cultivate Critical Thinking With Infographics?
Can You Cultivate Critical Thinking With Infographics? contributed by Latasha Doyle One of the most difficult aspects of teaching is ensuring that your students are actually evaluating the information, rather than just regurgitating it back to you. Critical thinking skills are incorporated into nearly every lesson plan now, especially with the implementation of Common Core…
Bertrand Russell’s 10 Essential Rules Of Critical Thinking
Bertrand Russell’s essential rules of critical thinking: #1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy Verbs For 21st Century Students
Global Digital Citizen Foundation combines both Bloom’s Taxonomy and power verbs for lesson & assessment planning in this graphic.
Book: The 5 Elements Of Effective Thinking
The purpose of ‘The 5 Elements of Effective Thinking’ is to identify repeatable thinking strategies for success.
David Foster Wallace On What It Means To Think
“‘Learning how to think’ really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think.”–David Foster Wallace
100 Questions That Help Students Think About Thinking
What was your mindset going in to the activity? What do you discover about yourself during the learning process?
A Taxonomy Tree: A Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Graphic
A Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy Graphic by TeachThought Staff If you’re a TeachThought reader, you know that thought is at the core of our content–curiosity, critical thinking, self-direction, and play among other slivers of learning. This is especially true as it relates to teaching, learning, and technology. At the point where teaching, learning, and thinking overlap sits the concept…
A Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy For Evaluating Digital Tasks
This Bloom’s Digital Taxonomy mashes digital tasks like podcasting, blogging, networking, and bookmarking with the stalwart learning tool.
5 Ways To Help Students Ask Better Questions
How To Help Students Ask Better Questions There’s nothing I care more about than students, and there are few things I think can serve a student better than being able to ask the right question at the right time. In “Why Questions Are More Important Than Answers,” I said that “Questioning is the art of…
The Warning Signs Of Teacher Burnout
Teaching has always been an emotional profession, but it the current education climate has created a culture of burnout and stress.
Using Post-it® Super Sticky Notes To Promote Critical Thinking
How To Use Post-it® Super Sticky Notes To Promote Critical Thinking by TeachThought Staff How can Post-it® Super Sticky Notes be used to promote critical thinking in the STEM high school classroom? Quite effectively, it turns out–especially if you’re familiar with Concept Attainment as a teaching and learning strategy. The Post-it® Brand recently conducted a…
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