Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

Click here to revisit my last blog in this series on using the “Connect, Extend, Challenge” routine. To recap, metacognition is a cognitive ability that allows learners to consider their thought patterns, approaches to learning, and understanding of a topic or idea.

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Controversial Topics Critical Thinking Cultures Social Studies 131

C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

See my first post on The Building Blocks of Inquiry here If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. If you can, embrace them!

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Controversial Topics Sociology Pedagogy Social Studies 49

Digital Promise

OCTOBER 15, 2016

On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the math, social studies, and science teachers implement activities provided for them. Each activity incorporates the target words and controversial topic of the week: The math teacher assigns and discusses one or two problems in a format modeled on the Massachusetts state math assessment.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 76

Digital Promise

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

On Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , the math, social studies, and science teachers implement activities provided for them. Each activity incorporates the target words and controversial topic of the week: The math teacher assigns and discusses one or two problems in a format modeled on the Massachusetts state math assessment.

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Controversial Topics Middle School Social Studies Library 72

C3 Teachers

JUNE 6, 2024

If you made a list of the top 10 challenges social studies teachers would say they face in the classroom, you may get the list of usual suspects: lack of time, political squabbles over standards, trying to cover all of human history in a semester. The point is, controversial topics WILL make it into your classroom.

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Controversial Topics Sociology Pedagogy Social Studies 40

C3 Teachers

MAY 23, 2022

Therefore, when I learned that I would be teaching a social studies assessment course as part of a cross-content assessment course this spring, I started thinking about some of the tension points surrounding not only teacher education, but also student assessment.

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Social Studies Social Justice Controversial Topics Pedagogy 52