TCI

JANUARY 21, 2025

A 2021 study highlighted a positive relationship between gamified learning and student motivation from 2015 to 2020. The three critical elements of a good game are strategy, chance, and design. A well-defined plan or method to achieve victory not only adds depth to the game but also encourages critical thinking.

K-12 52

K-12 Lesson Plan Critical Thinking Social Studies 52

Digital Promise

APRIL 12, 2016

Vista Unified School District’s (VUSD) mission is “to inspire each and every student to persevere as critical-thinking individuals who collaborate to solve real-world problems.” Montgomery students prepare to film their video project for Social Studies, explaining Buddhism and the Eightfold Path.

Middle School 91

Middle School Elementary School Critical Thinking Social Studies 91

The Hechinger Report

AUGUST 15, 2016

Between the 2013-14 school year and the 2015-16 school year, the city added about 16,000 preschool students and 2,000 teachers. “We What children learn before age 5 — both academic skills like critical thinking and social skills like taking turns — sets the stage for the rest of their lives.

K-12 92

K-12 Public School Teaching Critical Thinking 92

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Then I think about the kinds of disciplinary sources I want to feature and the kinds of formal and informal performance tasks I’ll use to assess student learning (Swan, Grant, & Lee, 2015). The post Practicing What We Preach: Using Inquiry to Design a Social Studies Methods Class appeared first on C3 Teachers.

Social Studies 52

Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52

The Hechinger Report

JULY 10, 2018

It provides real life applications for reading and math and develops critical thinking skills that help students solve problems in other subjects. employment in 2015, according to the U.S. Read about math , reading and social studies (publishing Thursday). Photo: Lillian Mongeau/The Hechinger Report.

Education 94

Education Elementary School K-12 High School 94

The Hechinger Report

MARCH 7, 2018

Lessons like these help students gain critical thinking skills and give them an opportunity to learn about workers’ rights and labor history, subjects that are often missing from classroom discussions, educators say. You can’t always get what you want, but you get what you need. That’s the whole point of collective bargaining.

Education 90

Education Economics Civics History 90

The Hechinger Report

MAY 23, 2020

A high school social studies book, also used in Texas, says of rising temperatures, “Some critics say that this warming is just part of the Earth’s natural cycle,” though, in truth, there’s overwhelming consensus among climate scientists that the current warming is due to human activities. Credit: Courtesy of Beatriz López.

Teaching 138

Teaching Middle School Humanities High School 138