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The Virtual Mystery Webtool: Open access online Hybridized Problem-based Learning

Teaching Anthropology

The educational model was started in medical schools where clinical scenarios required students to think practically and collaboratively to develop important critical thinking skills. Psychology and Forensic Chemistry), and Institutions. Currents in Teaching and Learning , Special Issue: Digital Pedagogies 12(2), 33-43.

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The buzz around teaching facts to boost reading is bigger than the evidence for it

The Hechinger Report

A ‘Knowledge Revival’ A 2025 book by 10 education researchers in Europe and Australia, Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The Knowledge Revival , makes the case that students cannot learn the skills of comprehension and critical thinking unless they know a lot of stuff first.

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OPINION: Early ed should adopt these 3 ideas from Montessori schools

The Hechinger Report

This includes activities that emphasize exploration and cooperation as well as developing critical thinking skills. The federal investment highlights the importance of providing children with opportunities to excel. The United States cannot maintain its status as an economic powerhouse if we fail to focus properly on basic skills.

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Sitting for long periods affect on teens’ mental health, resumés for robots and more in the news roundup

Psych Learning Curve

In education, there are many buzzwords about effective pedagogy including real-world connection, critical thinking, and employing student voice. Is there a way to teach students who don’t naturally think aloud in their heads to do this? Depression and anxiety were most common, as well as panic issues.