ED Surge

MARCH 15, 2024

As a high school social studies teacher, my job includes helping students learn to use evidence to present arguments, engage in civil discourse and take informed action to bring about change. Sure, the skills of writing may have been practiced, but so what? To what end? But there are forces that get in the way.

Government 305

Government Curriculum Student Engagement Argumentation 305

Educators Technology

OCTOBER 6, 2022

The purpose of critical thinking is to inform our behaviours, actions, decisions and to "improve our ability to reason and generate strong arguments" (Hanscomb, 2016, p. In this non-critical state, the mind becomes a warehouse of facts, a receptacle of unfiltered ideas and arguments. Critical questions are precursors of deep learning.

Critical Thinking 348

Critical Thinking Argumentation Problem Solving Deep Learning 348

Middle Web

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Emily Mofield offers a practical, realistic and highly readable set of 25 different approaches to teaching in her Vertical Differentiation for Gifted, Advanced and High-Potential Students, a book that almost any classroom teacher would find highly useful, writes Leslie Wise.

Teaching 83

Teaching Deep Learning Problem Solving Argumentation 83

Futurum

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Ben and Julia found that COASST participants improve their identification accuracy over time – a result of repeated and consistent identification practice and engagement with COASST staff who train and provide opportunities to learn.

Geography 98

Geography Research Research Science 98