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CriticalThinking.org - Critical Thinking Model 1
A great model to help students, and teachers, ask the right questions and figure out how to completely surround an issue with thought.
Developing Questions for Critical Thinking
Who doesn't need another refresher when it comes to Bloom's Taxonomy or Anderson's revised categories?
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“Education
must be increasingly concerned about the fullest development of
all children and youth, and it will be the responsibility of the
schools to seek learning conditions which will enable each individual
to reach the highest
level of learning possible.”
No right brain left behind: Must kids prep for 'risk-taking'? - USATODAY.com
USA Today piece on looking at what types of thinking educational leaders are saying we need.
Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It)
Using Einstein's idea to creatively problem solve. I like this one.
Official Google Blog: Our Googley advice to students: Major in learning
Great article from the Google Blog about who they want and how to promote thinking skills in the classroom.
Stoooopid .... why the Google generation isn’t as smart as it thinks - Times Online
From the article:
The concern of all these writers and thinkers is that it is precisely these skills that will vanish from the world as we become infantilised cyber-serfs, our entertainments and impulses maintained and controlled by the techno-geek aristocracy. They have all noted – either in themselves or in others – diminishing attention spans, inability to focus, a loss of the meditative mode. “I can’t read War and Peace any more,” confessed one of Carr’s friends. “I’ve lost the ability to do that. Even a blog post of more than three or four paragraphs is too much to absorb. I skim it.
Big Ideas - Exploring the Essential Questions of Education
Great example of deepening thought through doubt and belief.
Using Writing In Mathematic
This site shows some great ways to get started writing in math classes.
Bloom's Taxonomy Blooms Digitally | 21st Century Connections
Another stab at revising Bloom's taxonomy for the digital age. This one stands out because of the activities it suggests.
Decision-making: Use the "APC" Method to Creatively Solve Problems
From one of my favorite sites.
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