Critical Thinking Information Social Science 
Catlin Tucker
JUNE 16, 2024
The first and second blogs in this series focused on providing meaningful choices when students are acquiring information and making meaning. Application activities also enhance retention and mastery of information, making it more likely that students will retain and effectively use what they have learned in the future.
The Hechinger Report
MAY 5, 2024
Education administrators at all levels need to act now to resist a rising tide of efforts against social science knowledge. There, too often, struggling students attempt to discredit the educator and the field of social science. Education is meant to broaden horizons and encourage critical thinking.
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TCI
OCTOBER 28, 2024
Social studies is more than just a subject—it provides the foundation for understanding and engaging with the world around us. According to the National Council for Social Studies (NCSS) , social studies is the integrated study of social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence.
ED Surge
SEPTEMBER 18, 2024
At Project Information Literacy (PIL), the nonprofit independent research institute I lead, a group of library and information science and new media researchers — including myself — conduct national research about the information seeking behavior of college students and recent graduates.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 10, 2022
The bill , which won bipartisan support from the state’s senate and assembly, would require the New Jersey Department of Education to develop learning standards across K-12 in media and information literacy. Media literacy is often defined as the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create and communicate information or media.
The Hechinger Report
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
This story also appeared in Mind/Shift But those same students don’t have many of the math skills that professors think they actually do need. But that’s maybe 20 percent. The other 80 percent, what about them?” Majors that require calculus were excluded.
TCI
MARCH 1, 2024
Geography education plays a pivotal role in cultivating global awareness and critical thinking. Integration of Economics and Civics for Real-World Connections Geography is only one of the social science disciplines. The much-loved Geography Alive! Watch this video that introduces the Monsoon Asia unit.
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