ED Surge

JANUARY 3, 2023

creativity, collaboration, communication, critical thinking, problem solving, resiliency) and crosses multiple disciplines (e.g. art, design, technology, sound/music, project management). Making games cultivates a range of hard skills (e.g. coding) and soft skills (e.g.

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ED Surge

MARCH 22, 2022

In this kind of learning environment, where a student’s creativity and critical thinking skills are constantly challenged, John took some time to adjust. Instead, we take a more personalized approach that provides choices for what and how students learn to support their growth.

Middle School 120

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ED Surge

MARCH 9, 2023

Being future-ready is more than just being ready for college or securing a job; it’s thinking creatively about the problems we face as a society. According to a Gallup article , schools that promote creativity see improved scores on standardized tests and results of deeper understanding.

Library 135

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The reading materials were also too simple—intermediate learners, for instance, would read articles with sentences like “I like popcorn. Also, look for a curriculum that encourages critical thinking. Comprehension questions should not merely require students to scan the material for details—they should also make students think.

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ED Surge

MAY 5, 2022

I recently picked up “ Fact vs. Fiction: Teaching Critical Thinking Skills in the Age of Fake News ” by Jennifer LaGarde and Darren Hudgins (2018). This platform also offers a comprehensive educator toolkit focused on news and media literacy.

Cultures 113

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ED Surge

MARCH 20, 2024

Many standards and curricula don’t call out creativity explicitly, and teachers aren’t often trained on how to teach and assess creative thinking. As such, many students enter college and the workforce not having enough practice in key critical thinking skills that they need to be innovative problem-solvers and effective communicators.

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ED Surge

MARCH 18, 2022

Student reflection is a key part of working in breakout rooms, encouraging students to think about their virtual collaboration experiences, with faculty members helping them build communication and critical thinking skills.

Teaching 117

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ED Surge

JANUARY 18, 2023

We were discussing an article making predictions about the future, and I made a flippant comment that matched the cynicism that resonated with the topic. To get to my classroom, I walked through smoke-filled air from the nearby wildfires and past isolation tents for symptomatic students.

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ED Surge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. It’s designed for students new to the University of Virginia—but not entirely new to higher education. You don’t want to read 30 articles,” the professor says, “you want to read seven.” The course is called Transformations.

Library 113

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ED Surge

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

This comes at a time when media literacy education isn’t available to most students, the report finds, and their ability to distinguish between objective and biased information sources is weak. The study asked participants to identify a series of articles as advertisements, opinion or news pieces.

Civics 145

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ED Surge

APRIL 3, 2024

To counter this, teachers emphasize the inverted pyramid style, which prioritizes placing the most crucial information at the beginning of the article, or even in the headline. In my experience, allowing students to investigate historical events can increase their engagement because it appeals to their inherent curiosity.

History 137

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ED Surge

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

She and a colleague published a journal article about their experience last year, called “ TikTok: An Emergent Opportunity for Teaching and Learning Science Communication Online. ” “It is the ethical responsibility of researchers to disseminate findings with the public in a timely way,” the paper concludes.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 22, 2020

Just to talk about [STEM concepts] abstractly is difficult at that level,” said Susan Uram, educational technology coordinator for Rockford Public Schools. Susan Uram, educational technology coordinator for Rockford Public Schools. But if they can build something…they’re understanding in a concrete way.”.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 26, 2021

In the spring, when she’d learned a student’s brother and father were ill with Covid-19, she’d baked trays of brownies and taken them to the student’s home because it was the most direct action she could think to take. But what left her truly agonized were the students she’d barely seen at all. One was Jackie.

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