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The Power of Claim-Evidence-Question

Catlin Tucker

This phase underscores the significance of critical evaluation, research skills, and reasoning. Biodiversity Loss: Students might claim the reasons for declining biodiversity, provide evidence from ecological studies, and ask questions about the consequences for ecosystems and human societies.

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Genealogy course takes high schoolers deep into their family histories

The Hechinger Report

Leave this field empty if you're human: Reagan said she has done long-term projects before, but never something so important to her personally and never as the centerpiece of an entire class. “It Reagan is already using her newfound research skills in a history class. Sign up for the Future of Learning newsletter. Weekly Update.

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Defending the liberal arts: How my students took the higher-learning plunge, from the banks of the St. Lawrence

The Hechinger Report

Everywhere we looked, we saw questions of values: The wisdom of environmental engineering toward human wants, the need for electrical power in a northern climate, the mutual desires of each country. My students were starting to figure things out, using their critical thinking skills. This process begins in our first-year programs.

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Can Colleges Reach Beyond Campus to Foster ‘Digital Equity’ in Communities?

ED Surge

But just off campus in the surrounding neighborhoods, high-speed internet is hard to come by, and it tends to be expensive for folks in a county where Census data show the median household income is $36,802, and the poverty rate is 19 percent, according to Jochai Ben-Avie, chief executive of the nonprofit Connect Humanity.

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6 Degrees of Separation Game for History

Students of History

They encourage critical thinking, creativity, and research skills. They also enhance your students' ability to perceive the intricate web of human history. As you can imagine, are sometimes challenging, but fun for advanced or AP level history students.

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Psychology as a school subject - what are the benefits?

Jonathan Firth

7) Psychology helps to build independent research skills. While this factor is not unique to the subject, psychology is an excellent vehicle for building independent research skills.