eSchool News

MAY 9, 2025

These trips promote active engagement, critical thinking, and cater to diverse learning styles. For instance, students can virtually visit the Great Wall of China or delve into the depths of the ocean, fostering a deeper understanding of subjects ranging from history to science.

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Faculty Focus

JUNE 22, 2025

Liberal arts education has long been valued for its broad-based approach to learning, fostering critical thinking, creativity, and a well-rounded knowledge base. For this it is essential to introduce the concepts and principles of systems thinking (Figure 1).

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Teach Thought

JULY 10, 2025

GPA’ misses about a learner, their interests, their history, their progress, and their potential. Views Facebook Linkedin Print How Does Gamification Uncover Nuance In The Learning Process? This is a contest to collect as many As as possible, trying to make neat what is inherently messy: learning. Consider how much ‘3.2

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Teachers Pay Teachers

JUNE 4, 2025

STEM isnt just the latest teaching topic: Its an innovative, cross-curricular way to strengthen problem-solving and critical thinking skills across science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. These activities make excellent interdisciplinary challenges for cross-curricular science and history lessons.

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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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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. Should high school last until age 20, or stop at age 16?

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Teacher Toms Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Oh, I want to jump on this bandwagon so much, but when I look back on my own history as a reader, my school reading was a separate matter. Of course, they say they are doing this because kids today are too distracted.

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eSchool News

APRIL 28, 2025

While AI can be a helpful and important tool for educators and students in classrooms, weve instead seen systems that produce disinformation, impinge on privacy and tell inaccurate accounts of history,” she continued. ”

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eSchool News

APRIL 17, 2023

Critical thinking is plainly in decline. Conspiracy thinking is rampant–QAnon, Alex Jones and the Sandy Hook shooting, Pizzagate, and unfounded claims of widespread voter fraud are just a few of the most notorious examples. Whatever you read comes from someone with a particular history, perspective, and set of interests.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Here are just a few simple strategies teachers can implement to unleash student curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking using the power of AI. You can even design the story around a subject that your students are studying, such as hurricanes, animal habitats, or an era of history.

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eSchool News

JUNE 9, 2023

This sparks greater interest in literature, enabling teachers to facilitate meaningful interactions that inspire more compelling classroom discussions that increase critical thinking skills, delivering better learning outcomes. Download/view screenshots of Gale In Context: Literature.

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Edsurge

JUNE 30, 2020

Among contemporary education critics, the textbook is a classic and perennial foil—perhaps because its very construction is essentially a compromise between experts and politicians, groups with sometimes competing agendas. Yet despite these limitations, textbooks are still the most popular way to teach and learn history.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Savvas Learning Company , a next-generation learning solutions provider for K-12 education, today announced the release of its new print and digital high school history series, US History Interactive ©2022 and World History Interactive ©2022 , that promotes a deeper investigation of the past and connects history to the present.

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eSchool News

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Video learning modules, text-to-speech and translation capabilities provide educators new approaches to teaching historical concepts and critical thinking. Each video module includes an outline of key concepts, essential vocabulary terms, and word-for-word video transcripts to provide well-rounded instruction for history.

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Edsurge

MARCH 7, 2018

Few would challenge the value of helping students develop critical thinking and information literacy. Touching on matters ranging from Russian propaganda efforts to Netflix, history to philosophy, boyd’s intellectually provocative talk raised plenty of deep questions around media and manipulation. So what can teachers do?

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 16, 2016

For the first time in human history, our challenge is having too much access to information. In light of this, my education hope for 2017 is that educators (whether in schools, libraries, homes, or the community) will focus on developing, sharpening, and celebrating critical thinking skills and critical engagement with data.

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Catlin Tucker

DECEMBER 9, 2020

thinking routine encourages students to explore the complex nature of identity. This routine can be used to ask students to explore their own identity, but I can also imagine using this activity to encourage critical thinking about characters in novels or important figures from history. Thinking Routine: Layers.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Brown loves — and has long loved — learning about history, civics, geography and government, in part because he had teachers who brought infectious energy and enthusiasm to those lessons. I was always interested in history. history class and had always enjoyed my social studies classes. This month, we are featuring Caleb Brown.

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eSchool News

APRIL 5, 2024

Let’s explore how these strategies promote engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding among students, enhancing academic success. Active learning strategies for students in K-12 encompass a range of techniques designed to promote engagement, critical thinking, and deeper understanding.

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Catlin Tucker

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

The person generating the study guide and review game is the one doing the critical thinking. While working with a history teacher this week, she shared how she adapted this game for a review activity in her classroom. The better the questions, the easier it is to guess the correct answer. I thought it was a brilliant idea!

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eSchool News

MARCH 31, 2022

These latest archives from Gale promote open dialogue and teach critical thinking skills that inspire change and cross-cultural awareness. “No We are actively working on several projects that will provide a greater representation of the history of minority groups like these.”.

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eSchool News

JULY 15, 2022

I sought to bring that same joy of reading to my high school history and English students. All our students should have access to a school library and a certified librarian to help improve reading levels and foster critical thinking and source analysis.

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eSchool News

OCTOBER 25, 2016

All that I design and teach is built upon a cross-curricular base to infuse the learning experience with critical thinking—and all the motivation and personal engagement that it demands and affords. Cross-curricular and critical thinking are rather different educational concepts.

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eSchool News

MARCH 17, 2023

10), critical thinking skills that allow them “to problem solve and make decisions” (p. A Brief History Educating our youth has been an American priority since our country’s beginnings. Throughout history, Americans have always been willing to pay (through taxation) to educate our country’s youth.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 23, 2025

In history, they could inquire, What were the key economic factors that led to the fall of the Roman Empire? Teaching students to ask the right questions The art of questioning is transformative–not just for AI use but for fostering critical thinking and lifelong learning. Third, incorporate real-world scenarios.

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Ask a Tech Teacher

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Critical Thinking Development in Middle School Education Fostеring critical thinking skills in middlе school еducation is paramount to equipping studеnts with thе intеllеctual tools necessary for succеss. Sеvеral kеy componеnts constitutе critical thinking.

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eSchool News

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Generation Alpha will likely be the most technically innovative generation in history, but what will they do with that knowledge? Exposing children to various hands-on projects like robotics, pottery and music production as early as possible allows them to hone their critical thinking, problem-solving and creative skills.

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Catlin Tucker

JUNE 16, 2024

Providing students with choices to transfer and apply their learning encourages deeper thinking and enhances their ability to communicate their understanding effectively. These choices promote active engagement, critical thinking, and the ability to connect and apply concepts in various contexts.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 19, 2024

Key points: Encouraging reading is a top priority, no matter how the material is presented Boycotting book fairs no more Science teachers, math teachers, history teachers–we’re all reading teachers For more news on literacy, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching hub I love a good classic. After all, I named my son Holden. Quite possibly.

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eSchool News

MARCH 7, 2023

History curriculum and professional development supporting discussion-based primary source analysis online and in other learning settings. History curriculum.” History curriculum. Boston – VHS Learning has been selected to receive a $25,000 grant to create a high-quality U.S.

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eSchool News

JANUARY 22, 2025

This process pushes students to engage with skills like critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, communication, empathy, and problem-solving. How do I use design thinking? Design thinking is flexible enough to be used within various levels and contents. The History of Design Thinking. and Teo, Y.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 18, 2022

With inflation reaching a 40-year high and talk of a looming recession, high school students are coming of age during one of the most challenging economies in recent history. Poptential course packages in American History, World History, U.S. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. About Certell, Inc.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

It can help build social and emotional skills, it can illustrate concepts found in literature and history classes, and more. Students also develop creativity (86 percent), critical thinking (93 percent), and collaboration (91 percent). Half of teachers say they think it also helps students build empathy.

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eSchool News

MARCH 6, 2025

Understanding context in texts and conversations AI can summarize a passage or analyze a text, but it often misses the deeper meaning, tone, and cultural nuance, especially in literature and history. This is especially concerning in education, where critical thinking and contextual understanding are essential.

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eSchool News

APRIL 10, 2025

It allows students to compile evidence of learning through text, images, videos, and links, fostering creativity and critical thinking. For a history project, I ask students to create a Wakelet collection on the causes of the American Revolution. I love how Padlet facilitates a collaborative environment.

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eSchool News

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Teach students to think like entrepreneurs with these skill sets. Since the publication of his highly impactful book, The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century , Thomas Friedman has been teaching his readers and listeners to think differently about our world and how we interact with each other.

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Catlin Tucker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

By moving through these four phases—See, Think, Me, We—participants engage in a comprehensive thinking process that takes them from initial observation to personal connection and social relevance. Teachers often use this routine to deepen students’ engagement with material and to foster complex, critical thinking skills.

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