eSchool News

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

Machado was nominated by the Bilingual Department Chairperson Brian Donovan who submitted an essay describing how Machado helps his students. Runner-up McGrath wrote in his essay , “Parent-Teacher Conferences are a big part of our school year. The essays submitted by these entrants were incredibly inspiring.

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 2, 2025

Psychology “Do Now” Writing Prompts & Slides By Loosli Learning Grades: 9th-12th Subjects: Psychology Ideal for psychology classes or any subject focused on critical thinking, these do now writing prompts are an intriguing way to start the day. If you had to start a career today, what career are you most qualified for?

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High School High School Writing Essay 52

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

For example, teachers should encourage students to talk to one another about different debugging strategies, reframe frustrating moments as a time for critical thinking and build classroom culture by sharing and celebrating student work. I felt that I was learning how to make tools for social change.”

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Science Education Learning Essay 218

Edsurge

JANUARY 22, 2019

This inspired me to seek out a game, or online environment, that could provide more expansive experiences for them—a place that would allow them to explore, on their own or with others, and where I could embed history content for them to discover. I prefer assessments that promote critical thinking and written reflection over build quality.

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Teaching Critical Thinking Essay Discussions 168

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Libraries support students’ literacy and lifelong learning, help develop their empathy, build their critical thinking skills, and empower them with skills to navigate their world. Moreover, school library faculty must partner with administrators and teachers to ensure students adopt effective critical thinking and research skills.

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Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

For community college faculty, this history contextualizes AI’s rapid ascent, highlighting its capacity to augment teachingyet it also underscores the need for critical oversight, a theme explored next. Faculty used ChatGPT as a virtual tutor, assigning students to draft essays and refine them with AI feedback before submission.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 88

Edsurge

JUNE 16, 2020

For example, teachers should encourage students to talk to one another about different debugging strategies, reframe frustrating moments as a time for critical thinking and build classroom culture by sharing and celebrating student work. I felt that I was learning how to make tools for social change.”

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Science Education Learning Essay 148

Edsurge

JULY 7, 2022

It teaches the basics of critical thinking, research and academic writing. Her students are thinking a little more practically, though. Should their essays have a thesis statement? She promises to share an example essay soon. Todd has focused his own research on art history. They ask to see an example paper.

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Students Art Essay Interdisciplinary 178

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For example, in a history course, students can form groups to research and present on different historical events or periods. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. Critical Thinking Skills: AI is primarily focused on providing information and completing tasks, rather than fostering critical thinking skills.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 18, 2024

While AI can be a powerful tool to augment the teaching experience, human instructors remain essential for fostering student engagement, critical thinking, and emotional well-being. Critical Thinking Skills: AI is primarily focused on providing information and completing tasks, rather than fostering critical thinking skills.

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Ethics Instructors Intelligence Critical Thinking 110

Edsurge

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The soft skills most commonly affiliated with the term include critical thinking, problem-solving, creativity and, perhaps surprisingly, copyright knowledge. DECIPHERING ‘DATA’: Yaschin also offered this analogy for how educators can think of Big Data: “There are descriptive, predictive and prescriptive analytics.

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Instructors Essay Science Teaching Assistants 153

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 8, 2023

For example, in a history course, students can form groups to research and present on different historical events or periods. Simulations are particularly beneficial for STEM subjects, allowing students to gain hands-on experience and develop critical thinking skills.

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Active Learning Achievement Activities Quizzes 97

Ask a Tech Teacher

JULY 14, 2023

The History of Citizen Science Science before the nineteenth and twentieth centuries was carried out by interested individuals whose curiosities in the natural world were self-funded. If you want to connect, you can find her on Facebook , Twitter , Medium , and her blog Essay Writing and More.

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Science Participation Laboratory Interdisciplinary 144

Teach Hub

MARCH 29, 2024

This lesson can then lead to a history lesson about how other cultures view the eclipse. They can write a blog post , a journal entry, or even a persuasive essay about observing this celestial event. Inspired by the solar eclipse students can create a poem or create a story about themselves or a character witnessing the eclipse.

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Learning Science English Essay 111

Faculty Focus

MARCH 30, 2025

For community college faculty, this history contextualizes AI’s rapid ascent, highlighting its capacity to augment teachingyet it also underscores the need for critical oversight, a theme explored next. Faculty used ChatGPT as a virtual tutor, assigning students to draft essays and refine them with AI feedback before submission.

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Faculty Development Teaching Instructors Academic Integrity 78

Ask a Tech Teacher

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Assessing student learning used to be as simple as giving a test that consisted of multiple choice, True/False, short answer, and/or essay. Classtools Mapmaker Game enables teachers and students to create maps that track the plot of a book, record the progress of history, or share a tour of geographic locations. Google Forms.

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Learning Essay Students Testing 104

1 plus 1 plus 1 equals 1

APRIL 19, 2025

Curriculum We Added IEW SIS Level C (instead of Elegant Essay ) Fix It Grammar (bringing back instead of the grammar we were using) Critical Thinking Co. She has recently started Critical Thinking Co. HISTORY She really wanted to use textbook this year so we went back to Notgrass World History !

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Grades Curriculum Essay Textbooks 52

eSchool News

DECEMBER 11, 2023

When ChatGPT was first released, questions swirled around higher ed about it stoking an increase in plagiarism, promoting a lack of critical thinking, and what the future would hold for classic functions like the college admission essay. History class, we are studying Reconstruction. AI could transform tutoring.

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Plagiarism Education Intelligence Textbooks 130

Teaching with a Mountain View

APRIL 25, 2025

Academic teams and competitions build critical thinking skills, spark creativity, and nurture a deeper interest in education. Students also gain the chance to collaborate with their peers, think on their feet, and connect with the larger educational community outside of their school.

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Critical Thinking Essay Participation Math 52

Ask a Tech Teacher

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Comics can be used to tell a story, carry on a discussion, provide a sequenced how-to, or write an essay. Thinking Games. Pre-holiday school days are great for supporting school goals surrounding Habits of Mind, problem-solving, and critical thinking with websites that focus on those skills. Time required: Optional.

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Activities Learning Critical Thinking Failure 76

Catlin Tucker

MAY 27, 2025

We have to think, you know, is an essay the right thing? And so when I brought it to a group of parents, parents were actually one of their biggest concerns is that their kids are not going to be critical thinkers. And talk about critical thinking like, that’s totally fascinating. I think we need more humans.

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k12 Online Schools

MAY 9, 2025

Minecraft Education Edition: Useful for collaborative projects in history, science, and architecture. Why It Works Harvards Project Zero found that students are more likely to retain information and develop critical thinking skills when they are allowed to explore their interests and make choices. The result?

Schools 52

Schools Motivation Gamification Essay 52

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. This exercise encourages students to engage critically with the material, distinguishing central ideas from supporting details.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 122

Faculty Focus

MARCH 6, 2025

From the moment ChatGPT hit the scene, articles proclaimed the death of the college essay , and students have begun questioning the need to develop skills in writing. This exercise encourages students to engage critically with the material, distinguishing central ideas from supporting details.

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Writing Reading Assignments Disciplinary Thinking 105

Edsurge

JULY 11, 2018

Among the top results: a slick animated video called “Problems in Public Education,” a rant arguing that all public education “kills creativity,” and a video essay titled “public ‘education’ has become indoctrination and distraction.” And that was just on the first page.

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Peer Review Education Essay Attention 128

Edsurge

NOVEMBER 8, 2022

What we think the purpose of a university is, and this will get to why I'm doing this project now, is to give human beings the ability to better understand themselves and the world. So to develop what we commonly think of as critical thinking or critical capacities.

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Culture Intellectual Development Attention Essay 168

Edsurge

APRIL 22, 2025

District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, arguing that the Defense Departments actions infringe upon the students First Amendment rights to obtain information, particularly about their own identities and history. Black History Month was canceled. Books were pulled from libraries. Health courses were canceled.

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