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5 strategies to close the critical thinking gap

eSchool News

Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

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5 ways educators can shrink the critical thinking gap

eSchool News

Key points: Critical thinking should not be separate from and on top of what teachers are doing in the classroom How to help students build critical success skills 3 lessons on perseverance from Stoffel the honey badger For more news on durable skills, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub Achievement discrepancies among U.S.

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Make Your “Summer Resolutions” a Reality This School Year

Catlin Tucker

The summer break gives us time to recharge and re-evaluate why we do this challenging work. What do we hope to achieve? We must explicitly teach these skills and give students time in class to practice them. 4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking. #5 Do your grades evaluate knowledge, skills, compliance?

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How and When to Give Feedback

Catlin Tucker

It gives students a sense of direction, helping them understand what they are striving to achieve and how their current performance is positioned in relation to those objectives. It goes beyond mere evaluation, serving as a bridge between what is understood and what is yet to be mastered.

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What are Tools and Techniques in Education?

eSchool News

Assessment strategies in education encompass various methods used to evaluate student learning and progress. Summative assessment, on the other hand, evaluates student learning at the end of a unit, semester, or academic year. What are the four kinds of assessment? What are techniques in education?

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Can We Improve Grading by Collaborating with Students?

Faculty Focus

However, grades are not going away as a tool for evaluation, sorting, and gatekeeping by institutions and employers, and as a measure of success by students. Students have insight into the effort they have invested, the learning they have achieved, the hurdles they have cleared, and the personal goals they have attained.

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Can We Improve Grading by Collaborating with Students?

Faculty Focus

However, grades are not going away as a tool for evaluation, sorting, and gatekeeping by institutions and employers, and as a measure of success by students. Students have insight into the effort they have invested, the learning they have achieved, the hurdles they have cleared, and the personal goals they have attained.

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