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20 Types Of Questions For Teaching Critical Thinking

TeachThought

For example, the column on the left can have words and the column on the right can have definitions. The Definition of Factual Questions: Questions with unambiguous, more or less universally accepted objective answers based on knowledge. A variation of the Matching Question has one column holding more items than the other.

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What Is Cognitive Dissonance? A Definition For Teaching

TeachThought

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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What It Means To Be A Reflective Teacher

TeachThought

As a kind of definition, to reflect means to look back at how something ‘went,’ and see it for all of its available parts and patterns: Causes and effects; comparisons and contrast; strengths and weakness; its characteristics; how close it came to what you were expecting; your emotions. It is whole.

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To better serve first-generation students, expand the definition

The Hechinger Report

Yes, there’s the federal definition: a student is first-generation if neither parent has a bachelor’s degree. Despite the narrow federal definition, many believe these are students who need to be identified and given added resources and support both to get through the college application process and to thrive once they get on campus.

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Moving to a Hybrid Learning Model

A Principal's Reflections

To start, a workable definition must be established to begin creating a vision for this model. Take this definition from Learning Technologies: Hybrid learning combines face-to-face and online teaching into one cohesive experience. Yes, to some extent, but definitely not scaled in a way that has led to system-wide transformation.

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What Is Learned Helplessness?

TeachThought

Definition Learned helplessness is a psychological condition in which a person, after repeated failures or negative experiences, believes they have no control over situations’ outcomes and stops trying to improve or change them. by TeachThought Staff What is learned helplessness?

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The Essence of Being a Leader

A Principal's Reflections

In fact, I think that this definition of leadership is outdated and limiting. The definition and perception of leadership need to change. However, let’s look at it from the perspective of debunking what authentic leadership is, not to get at the heart of what it really is when it comes to agents of change.