Passion for Social Studies

DECEMBER 27, 2024

One topic that is always popular when teaching any government course is the presidency. So, teaching the executive branch is always fun and exciting! Thankfully, there are so many amazing resources to include when teaching about our leader, such as The Executive Branch Unit. Teaching the executive branch is crucial.

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The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2020

In September 2019, I wrote about a review of the research on how to teach critical thinking by University of Virginia professor Daniel Willingham. A large study on teaching science to middle school students was published afterwards and it adds more nuance to this debate between critical thinking skills and content knowledge.

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Critical Thinking Teaching Psychology Middle School 143

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 18, 2015

Understanding how they are impacting teaching and learning will help guide your consideration of which tools are useful and how to best implement them. How do you see digital tools transforming teaching and learning? Image retrieved from https://l2lbyte.wordpress.com/learning-videos/ Currently, online tools.

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Teaching Artifacts Critical Thinking Educational Technology 419

Passion for Social Studies

MARCH 14, 2025

Thats why teaching the Legislative Branch and its importance to students is so crucial. Despite how important understanding the Legislative Branch is however, teaching it to students can be quite challenging. Students often struggle to understand its structure, functions, and criticisms. Coupled with an 88% pass rate and 3.58

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TeachThought

JULY 20, 2024

Strategies for Teaching AI Concepts Without Technology by TeachThought Staff Preface: This post is primarily for general content-area K-12 teachers (likely 6-12). Teaching AI theory, for example, is well beyond these ideas. How you teach something depends, obviously, on what you’re teaching. Let’s take a look.

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The Hechinger Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Critical thinking is all the rage in education. Schools brag that they teach it on their websites and in open houses to impress parents. Critical thinking exercises and games haven’t produced long-lasting improvements for students. In the paper, Willingham traces the history of teaching critical thinking.

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Critical Thinking Research Teaching Education 112

TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

How this does or doesn’t work varies wildly on everything from the age of the students to your own personality and teaching style and so on. Tone In Teaching And Interactions With Students: 20 Words That Change How Students Think Might This one was one of the most useful words I use as a teacher. “But why?

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The Hechinger Report

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

More schools around the country, from Baltimore to Michigan to Colorado , are adopting these content-filled lessons to teach geography, astronomy and even art history. Others say learning facts is unimportant in the age of Google where we can instantly look anything up, and that the focus should be on teaching skills.

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Passion for Social Studies

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

So, it is crucial to teach students about the voting process and its importance to our democracy. When teaching voting in the social studies classroom, students need to be civically engaged to understand how voting is essential to our democracy. Thankfully, incredible resources are ready to go when teaching about the election!

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Social Studies Teaching Lesson Plan Civic Engagement 235

TCI

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Instead of spending seven to twelve hours per week creating instructional content, access to high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) allows teachers to focus on what truly matters: teaching and engaging students in meaningful, impactful lessons. The materials promote rigor and depth of learning.

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Civics Teaching Civic Engagement Social Studies 98

Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

They are responsible for preparing students with the knowledge, skills, and critical thinking abilities to know why this is important. This means teaching students about the past, how it impacts the future, and why living in the present is crucial. Thankfully, the Equal Rights Project is the perfect way to teach this!

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Social Justice Social Studies Critical Thinking History 130

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 24, 2024

While it won't replace the irreplaceable human touch in the classroom, AI can significantly enhance teaching and learning by offering personalization, efficiency, and insightful data analysis. The human connection between teacher and student remains central to fostering creativity, critical thinking, and social-emotional development.

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Interactive Learning Critical Thinking Humanities Teaching 454

A Principal's Reflections

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

I still vividly remember having lunch with Dave Moyer, the superintendent, where he explained in detail the vision that had been set for the district, centered around the six C's (collaboration, communication, critical thinking, creativity, character, citizenship). It was at this time that the decision was made for me to assist.

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EdTech K-12 Pedagogy Professional Development 540

Teaching Anthropology

APRIL 10, 2025

We needed enough topics to discourage cheating amongst students, while also not generating too many diverse AI generated essays for the limited number of teaching assistants to grade the assignment consistently. The learning objective was to develop students critical thinking skills in relation to AI generated material.

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Anthropology Critical Thinking Teaching Education 130

Catlin Tucker

MAY 13, 2024

Second, teaching students how to engage with media in a meaningful way can free teachers from the front of the room. The reciprocal teaching strategy is one of my favorite ways to drive student engagement around media and provide peer support as they engage with information! Here’s How Reciprocal Teaching with Multimedia Works!

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A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 28, 2021

Teaching during this past year has definitely challenged me, Lauren, to view things a little bit differently and has forced me out of my comfort zone in many ways. We think with this approach to teaching; we are seeing the students thrive in any setting. Katie and I want to make sure learning is engaging and effective.

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Pedagogy Elementary School Critical Thinking Cultures 546

TeachThought

DECEMBER 12, 2024

In teaching, Kairos often happens when students connect ideas in their own unique ways and at their own pace. ’ See also Critical Thinking Is A Mindset In practical terms, learning velocity is the pace at which a student processes, absorbs, and applies knowledge.

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Lesson Plan Critical Thinking K-12 Teaching 270

A Principal's Reflections

MARCH 3, 2024

Relevant thinking in an educational context refers to connecting new knowledge and skills to real-world situations, making learning applicable to students' lives and future careers. It involves critical thinking directly related to personal experiences, societal issues, or practical applications.

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TeachThought

MAY 16, 2024

For example, you can implore students to ‘think critically,’ but if they don’t have even the basic phrasing of critical thinking (e.g., ‘This is important because…’), critical thinking will be beyond their reach.

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Cult of Pedagogy

APRIL 13, 2025

My goal here is to inspire all teachers regardless of your setting to think about how this kind of teaching might be possible in your classroom. These are assessed with rubrics used in every class, rubrics that focus on durable, transferable skills like collaboration, effective communication, and critical thinking.

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Artifacts Tradition Psychology Critical Thinking 172

Passion for Social Studies

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Similarly, are you constantly trying to get students to be active in the thinking process? Honestly, both of these questions make teaching overwhelming! Teachers want students to enjoy school and be the ones thinking, but there is a lot to get through! There are so many standards and not enough time to teach everything.

Social Studies 130

Social Studies Sociology Government Critical Thinking 130

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 7, 2015

Teaching digital literacy helps to manage all of the benefits of technology while helping students understand how to safely weed through the vast amounts of information online. However, teaching digital literacy has its challenges. Instructor Jomari Peterson teaches the students to “take control of your destiny and change the world.”

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Critical Thinking Leadership Teaching Education 418

A Principal's Reflections

JANUARY 26, 2014

Another image created by my friend Bill Ferriter puts into perspective the importance of establishing learning outcomes when integrating technology as part of the teaching and learning process. The assessment and feedback pieces are also critical.

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Artifacts Pedagogy Educational Technology Leadership 403

NCHE

APRIL 1, 2025

The National Council for History Education (NCHE) is excited to announce a new partnership with the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources program (TPS). These regional grants will help fund projects that expand and explore innovative methods of teaching and learning with Library of Congress materials.

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Library Primary Sources Museum Historic Sites 130

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 9, 2024

Here is the synopsis: Not Just One Way Are you an educator stuck in the traditional teaching or leadership mold, yearning for a spark to reignite your passion? Personalize" provides the tools and strategies to create such a space, fostering creativity, critical thinking, and a genuine love for learning.

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Tradition Critical Thinking Cultures Leadership 411

TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

They also fail in attempts to ‘report’ their progress in other important skills such as critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration. May require significant changes in teaching practices and assessment methods. Peer Assessments Strengths Promote collaborative learning and critical thinking among students.

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Critical Thinking K-12 Tradition Teaching 306

TeachThought

MARCH 26, 2025

Cognitive dissonance is the psychological discomfort that arises when an individual encounters a conflict between what they believe and how they behave, or between two competing beliefs.

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Teaching Psychology Critical Thinking 183

ED Surge

MARCH 27, 2025

They can start with mastering spreadsheets, coding languages like Python or teaching students to use AI chatbots. No school leader should think they have to do everything all at once. Districts arent only thinking about AI as part of teaching theyre exploring how it can help with a wide swath of jobs.

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K-12 Education EdTech Lesson Plan 138

Moler's Musing

JANUARY 10, 2025

This week, I focused on balancing structured teaching with interactive activities. Teaching the principles of the Constitution is one of my favorite units, but the constraints of the textbook and deadlines imposed by common assessments make it hard to teach the way I know my students need. citizenship test. citizenship test.

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Lesson Plan Government Critical Thinking Middle School 116

Digital Promise

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Deductive reasoning is one of the key skills in critical thinking, as it requires students to take a logical approach to turning general ideas into specific conclusions.” Critical thinking is not just a skill, but a habit formed to help with problem-solving.”

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Teaching Critical Thinking High School Education 139

TeachThought

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

This involves teaching them how to evaluate the credibility and relevance of information, prioritize quality over quantity, and set healthy limits on screen time. Critical Thinking Skill Emphasize the development of critical thinking skills to help children navigate the vast amount of information available to them.

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Critical Thinking Professional Development Digital Resources Teaching 286

Zinn Education Project

DECEMBER 12, 2024

This is why the right launched a nationwide anti-CRT campaign and book bans restricting teaching about systemic racism, and erasing the histories of immigrant and LGBTQ+ communities. The answer is that we can shift the narrative if we equip young people with peoples history and critical thinking skills to make them impervious to lies.

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Critical Thinking History Teaching Education 98

ED Surge

APRIL 8, 2025

Other assessments such as the critical thinking-focused international PISA exam have also indicated declining math abilities. Making sure they get enough math proficiency and teaching ability before entering the classroom is a thorny issue. Programs that cant add that time should require math content tests, the report says.

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Elementary School Pedagogy K-12 Professional Development 129

ED Surge

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

When he teaches a math class, Tom Fisher wants students to feel confused. Mostly an administrator these days, Fisher still teaches honors algebra at Breakwater, a pre-K-8th independent school in Portland, Maine. Its not the conventional way to teach the subject, Fisher says. For Fisher, its important to mingle math and play.

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K-12 Pedagogy Teaching Elementary School 115

A Principal's Reflections

JUNE 16, 2019

Tom Murray and I presented a call to action, highlighting the need to transform teaching, learning, and leadership in Learning Transformed to meet the demands and challenges inherent in the 4th Industrial Revolution. In the updated edition of Digital Leadership , I took it a step further.

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Education Leadership Critical Thinking Economics 401

A Principal's Reflections

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This personalized approach fosters a deeper understanding of the concepts and promotes critical thinking. I shared the following quote in Disruptive Thinking : Personalized learning represents an array of strategies that ensure all learners get what they need when and where they need it to succeed.

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Global Perspectives Tradition Interactive Learning Critical Thinking 463

Active History Teacher

JULY 18, 2024

Most of the time, students are just copying off a website or book and aren’t doing any critical thinking! It certainly isn’t critical thinking. Talk about critical thinking! Let’s be honest. Timeline activities can be really boring for students. Enter: Timeline Races! What does work?

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