k12 Digest

MAY 28, 2025

At the heart of AEFs teaching methods is the belief that learning should be engaging and accessible. For those drawn to intellectual challenges, the Chess Club provides an opportunity to develop critical thinking and strategic planning in a competitive yet supportive environment.

Skills 137

Skills Schools Learning Students 137

Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. Her belief in my abilities helped me believe in myself. Her belief in me helped me overcome self-imposed limits. I am who I am today because of their mentorship, encouragement, and belief in me.

Beliefs 106

Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 106

Faculty Focus

JUNE 12, 2025

She guided me in designing exam questions that challenge critical thinking and reflect real-world application. Her belief in my abilities helped me believe in myself. Her belief in me helped me overcome self-imposed limits. I am who I am today because of their mentorship, encouragement, and belief in me.

Beliefs 98

Beliefs Education Motivation Failure 98

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

When staff feel secure in their learning community, they are more likely to reflect honestly on their beliefs and biases. When teachers model critical thinking about justice, students are empowered to do the same in their own lives.

Confidentiality 213

Confidentiality Culture Discussions Beliefs 213

k12 Digest

MAY 21, 2025

When staff feel secure in their learning community, they are more likely to reflect honestly on their beliefs and biases. When teachers model critical thinking about justice, students are empowered to do the same in their own lives.

Confidentiality 130

Confidentiality Culture Discussions Beliefs 130

Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 11, 2025

Sharpen critical thinking by comparing and contrasting Expository writing prompts do more than just walk students through a step-by-step process or ask about their favorite things. They encourage students to examine similarities and differences and explain their thinking. In what ways did you personally connect with the novel?

Writing 52

Writing Grades Essay Middle School 52

Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Few would challenge the value of helping students develop critical thinking and information literacy. To be clear, boyd doesn’t believe that critical thinking is inherently bad. The term generally refers to questions over the nature of knowledge and how beliefs about what’s right or wrong are constructed.

Critical Thinking 159

Critical Thinking Beliefs Knowledge Questions 159

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

Critical thinking is a tremendously important skill. The most recent results of the Collegiate Learning Assessment Plus (CLA+) test—a standardized testing initiative designed to measure college students’ critical thinking skills—are not encouraging. But, it turns out, teaching this skill is no easy task.

Critical Thinking 146

Critical Thinking Skills Intellectual Development Testing 146

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

It is a commonly-held belief that algebraic concepts are directly related to critical thinking skills. So, what is the disconnect? We have hovered our proverbial mouse over the 21st century now for two decades. Yet, our education system and structure had shown little to no trace of modernization.

Learning Outcomes 318

Learning Outcomes Critical Thinking Beliefs Learning 318

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2023

To do it right, our teaching toolbox needs to include critical thinking. When we encounter new information, critical thinking helps us evaluate the value and relevance of that information. Done well, critical thinking helps us make connections between our existing values, new content, and future goals.

Critical Thinking 116

Critical Thinking Students Evaluation Assignments 116

Faculty Focus

MAY 21, 2023

To do it right, our teaching toolbox needs to include critical thinking. When we encounter new information, critical thinking helps us evaluate the value and relevance of that information. Done well, critical thinking helps us make connections between our existing values, new content, and future goals.

Critical Thinking 98

Critical Thinking Students Evaluation Assignments 98

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Over time leaders from a broad spectrum of business and education communities narrowed the focus to concentrate on a set of skills that came to be known as the 4Cs—communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity.

Skills 279

Skills Laboratory Beliefs Critical Thinking 279

eSchool News

MAY 4, 2022

Similar to the Common Core standards in other states, we focus on developing the critical-thinking, problem-solving, and analytical skills that students need to be successful. They found that attitudes, beliefs, and emotions are the major influencers. Our view is that the real power to learn rests with the learner.

Math 254

Math Education Beliefs Schools 254

Catlin Tucker

AUGUST 22, 2023

In the initial “I used to think…” stage, students reflect on their beliefs or opinions about a specific topic, subject, or issue. They are encouraged to think about what they used to believe before they had a deeper understanding or encountered new information. This promotes critical thinking and historical empathy.

Ethics 331

Ethics Metacognitive Skills Culture Critical Thinking 331

eSchool News

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

However, if a student uses generative AI to help them edit their college admission paper or brainstorm a science fair idea, there’s a belief that it is dishonest. The second reason why cheating with AI is being mishandled is the belief that it will encourage students to cheat.

Fairness 287

Fairness Beliefs Evaluation Essay 287

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. In our K-4 buildings, our goal is to integrate technology into the curriculum and enhance the lesson, activity or the critical thinking skills of the student, not just to use technology.

STEM 273

STEM Education Beliefs Game-Based Learning 273

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Two of the most important attributes of a global citizen are having problem solving and critical thinking skills. To be a good critical thinker and problem solver, people need to be able to take any one task and structure it into manageable chunks, one of the main skills that is developed in computer science.

Beliefs 262

Beliefs Science Students High School 262

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

While your students, who have grown up in the Information Age and think they already know everything, any classroom teacher knows that our students need help more than they think. Our students’ belief that everything they need to know is online can, without the right skillset, leave them prey to misinformation.

Reading 294

Reading Learning Beliefs Learning Styles 294

Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Enhances Self-Efficacy Process feedback can bolster students’ self-belief and confidence. When they receive feedback that acknowledges their effective strategies and effort, it reinforces the belief that they can succeed.

Feedback 363

Feedback Blended Learning Metacognitive Skills Failure 363

eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

I have been in education for 18 years and my strongest belief is that all children deserve a fresh start when they begin each school year. In our K-4 buildings, our goal is to integrate technology into the curriculum and enhance the lesson, activity or the critical thinking skills of the student, not just to use technology.

STEM 241

STEM Education Beliefs Game-Based Learning 241

eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2024

However, despite this belief, 81 percent of parents either don’t believe or are not sure that AI is even part of their children’s curriculum. The survey notes that an overwhelming 88 percent of parents believe that knowledge of AI will be crucial in their child’s future education and career.

STEM 283

STEM Secondary Education Beliefs Ethics 283

eSchool News

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Over time, this dynamic instruction cultivates critical thinking skills that empower students to view problems from multiple angles, discern between reality and fallacy, and evaluate the credibility of information from a variety of sources.

Teaching Methods 300

Teaching Methods Lecturing Schools Beliefs 300

Teach Thought

JANUARY 16, 2022

The goal of the Socratic seminar is to foster critical thinking by examining inaccurate/incomplete beliefs and the assumptions behind them. The post What Is A Socratic Seminar? appeared first on TeachThought.

Beliefs 139

Beliefs Critical Thinking Discussions 139

eSchool News

MARCH 21, 2025

Creating a foundation to build upon Engaging in academic discussions and navigating through academic content is essential for fostering a critical thinking mentality among students. Teachers Beliefs and Practices in Technology-based Classrooms: A Developmental View. References Levin, T., & Wadmany, R. link] Moser, K.

Interdisciplinary 228

Interdisciplinary Critical Thinking Peer Review Discussions 228

eSchool News

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Having a globalized curriculum would culturally enrich students because it encourages critical thinking about global challenges such as climate change, poverty, and international conflicts. Globalization is critically important for the success of humanity because we need global collaboration to solve global problems.

Curriculum 294

Curriculum Students Culture Intelligence 294

eSchool News

OCTOBER 6, 2015

critical thinking skills and problem solving). We think Facebook took an interest in what we were doing because its engineers shared many of the same values, beliefs, and goals that we had. These components served as a base for creating a PLP that’s truly student-centered.

Learning Tools 279

Learning Tools Learning Beliefs Critical Thinking 279

Edsurge

DECEMBER 19, 2018

As scholars of totalitarianism have noted, the breeding ground of authoritarian movements is not belief, but cynicism. Myth: Critical thinking will save us. Reality: Critical thinking, wrongly applied, can do real harm. But in the case of disinformation, critical thinking can do real harm.

Critical Thinking 167

Critical Thinking Attention Beliefs Fairness 167

eSchool News

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Even if a student doesn’t select a career in STEM, the soft skills they will learn at a STEM-focused school (critical thinking, teamwork, problem-solving and more) will serve them well in whatever they choose to do in life. The department also noted that STEM jobs often pay substantially more than jobs in other fields.

STEM 309

STEM Interdisciplinary Schools Fairness 309

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Neil Browne, Question-Based Critical Thinking Reflecting on my more than five decades of teaching critical thinking, I feel disappointment that I showed so little respect for the multiple pathways to engagement ­­­available to teachers. We shrug off critical thinking questions about those topics.

Critical Thinking 72

Critical Thinking Teaching Lecturing Beliefs 72

eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2017

She holds firm to the belief that student access to technology is the great equalizer. As a result of that belief, Arthur Elementary achieved a 14-point gain on the state school report card given by the Oklahoma State Department of Education—the largest gain in the district. Christine Fox is the deputy executive director for SETDA.

Internet 207

Internet Beliefs Elementary School Elementary School 207

Ask a Tech Teacher

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

It is continuously tested as new ideas are added, either causing long-held beliefs to evolve or be replaced. It is a mindset — a way of thinking used to guide learners. Traditional classes tend to be less about higher-order thinking because of the importance placed on teacher lectures and overseeing. Learning is iterative.

Beliefs 168

Beliefs Local Government Knowledge Lecturing 168

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This research was part of a yearlong study we led, examining how our sharply divergent attitudes and beliefs about climate change are shaped by news and information we encounter, curate, engage with and share. Our survey delved into why some students are distrustful or ambivalent while others still have hope in the midst of gloom.

Beliefs 200

Beliefs Attention Students Discussions 200

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

This belief is wrong. Specifically, we must improve depth of mastery in fundamental critical thinking, problem solving, and mathematical understanding during the most effective period for learning in our lifetimes—childhood. It’s common to hear well educated adults declare themselves “not a math person,” sometimes proudly.

Math 167

Math Beliefs STEM Motivation 167

Catlin Tucker

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

In my work helping teachers to shift from whole group, teacher-led lessons to differentiated small group student-centered learning experiences, I am asked questions that seem grounded in the belief that students cannot learn without the teacher. Create An Analogy: Encourage students to make a comparison or create an analogy.

Critical Thinking 195

Critical Thinking Knowledge Beliefs Participation 195

Edsurge

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

It fosters critical thinking, problem-solving skills and a deeper understanding of mathematical principles by placing students as active learners rather than passive recipients of information. Math anxiety can increase cognitive load, which is the mental effort required to process information.

Problem-Based Learning 193

Problem-Based Learning Math Education Learning 193

Teach Thought

JULY 17, 2025

The short answer is that a culture of learning is “a collection of thinking habits, beliefs about self, and collaborative workflows that result in sustained critical learning.” Or that’s how I think of it anyway. Failure is a critical part of learning; just go back to the previous step and ‘help’ them again.

Beliefs 97

Beliefs Culture Students Critical Thinking 97

Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Cultivating Students’ Lifelong Learning and Career Exploration A core belief of PLTW is that students can’t be what they can’t see. Additionally, students hone employability skills such as critical thinking, problem solving and collaboration in their PLTW classroom.

STEM 172

STEM Teachers Students Critical Thinking 172