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Infusing PBL with edtech to enhance collaboration, critical thinking

eSchool News

Using technology, students can communicate and collaborate in so many new ways. Edtech tools also enable students to learn beyond the four walls of the classroom, providing them with so many more opportunities to enhance their critical thinking skills and understand real-world situations.

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CAE’s New Critical Thinking Resources Help Students Build and Practice their Higher-Order Skills

eSchool News

(CAE), a nonprofit developer of performance-based assessments that authentically measure students’ essential academic and career skills, today announced the launch of its new Critical Thinking Skills Resources. Preview sample scenarios from the Critical Thinking Skills Resources by clicking here.

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CAE and Pearson Partner to Bring Critical Thinking Assessment to Secondary Education Students

eSchool News

Designed for students in grades six through 12, CCRA+ assesses critical thinking, problem solving and written communications – essential skills that are predictive of positive academic and career success. Pearson will resell CCRA+ as part of its Pearson Assessment for Learning Suite (PALS).

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Teacher’s Practice of Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples

Ask a Tech Teacher

Teaching Critical Thinking Through Essay Examples: Unlocking Minds We’re exploring a fun classroom adventure where teachers teach us to think carefully and write good essays using examples. We’ll see how these great teachers turn simple essays into smart thinking tools. Critical thinking isn’t a skill.

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Look to the Science: Understanding how Mind, Brain and Education Science can Inform Educational Practices

k12 Digest

In lesson design, we would expect the learning intentions to be clearly communicated to students, and then the teacher would activate prior knowledge/background knowledge using any number of different strategies such as: turn and talk, word/concept web, a challenge or activity where students would explore the concept (i.e.

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The Station Rotation Model

Catlin Tucker

I wanted students to collaborate, communicate, and create at that online station using the devices as a tool. Offline and online stations can be used to encourage communication and collaboration among students for the purpose of building community and offering peer support. Let’s give this station rotation model a try!”

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The Foundational 4 Cs of Critical Thinking in K-12 Education

Teach Thought

The 4 Cs of Critical Thinking: Critical Thinking, Communication. Collaboration, and Creativity.