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Improving Critical Thinking May Take Practice

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This is the kind of subtle distinction that critical-thinking skills should help illuminate. That’s the hypothesis that Motz and other psychology researchers from Indiana University tested in a study whose findings they believe point to a promising method for strengthening critical-thinking muscles. lack of control.

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SMART Technologies Launches AI Assist in Lumio to Save Teachers Time

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Designing effective quizzes takes timeespecially when crafting well-balanced multiple-choice questions with plausible wrong answers to encourage critical thinking.

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5 ways to integrate gamification into your classroom

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Quizizz: Turn assessments into fun competitions Quizizz is my top choice for a gamification platform. It allows you to create or search pre-made question sets and host a variety of games that students can join. Students answer multiple-choice questions on their devices while seeing fun memes, leaderboards, and progress bars.

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Will AI Make Standardized Tests Obsolete?

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Instead, he says, the group is experimenting with using data that schools have about their students — including from after-school activities like sports, clubs and internships — to measure and track progress on skills including communication, collaboration and critical thinking.

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Tests suggest most Kansas students not ready for college

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The new tests emphasize critical thinking more than old tests and rely far less on multiple-choice questions, department officials said ahead of the report. “We can do better,” said Scott Smith, the Department of Education’s testing director. “We can get these kids up to a higher bar.”

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5 educators share their ISTE experiences

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PlayPosit supports a number of video sources and allows teachers to pause videos, insert questions, and promote differentiated delivery of content as well as deeper critical thinking and reflection opportunities. Multiple-choice questions are shared on a screen. Free to all educators and students.

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The Case for ‘Edtech Minimalism’ in an Age of Distance Learning

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Building critical-thinking and problem-solving skills in math. They are, in fact, the epitome of passive screen time, causing students to focus more on mindlessly consuming academic content through videos and multiple-choice questions, as opposed to learning through critical thinking and problem solving.