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

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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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Learning Through Play Is Powerful – and Students and Teachers Agree!

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It is a powerful tool for teaching that naturally engages students in the learning and builds the skills they’ll need in and outside the classroom like creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration.

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5 educators on what 2024 will bring to education

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While the focus is often on secondary education, there is a great need to ignite interest and foster creativity when students’ curiosity and independence are at their peak. As we look to 2024, we should aim to integrate real-world problem solving that will encourage critical thinking and collaboration at an early age.

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Understanding cognitive development in students via Piaget’s Theory

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Formal operational stage (12 years and up) In the formal operational stage, adolescents develop the ability to think abstractly, reason logically, and plan systematically. Engaging students with problems that require abstract thinking (i.e., Engaging students with problems that require abstract thinking (i.e.,

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Most parents know AI will be crucial to their children’s future

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That disparity highlights a pressing need to raise awareness of and increase parental involvement in AI discussions, and advance the implementation of AI in American primary and secondary education.

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Ancora High School Partners with McGraw Hill to Launch New Online High School for Adults

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Noteworthy courses include Critical Thinking and Personal Financial Literacy. In the first course, Critical Thinking, students learn to apply critical thinking to situations in a wide variety of areas such as advertising, politics, the media, and popular culture.

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CAE And Centerpoint Education Solutions Collaborate To Support Mutual College And Career Readiness Goals

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CAE’s Collegiate Learning Assessment (CLA+) for higher education, College and Career Readiness Assessment (CCRA+) for secondary education, and the new Success Skills Assessment (SSA+) for any level, evaluate the skills educational institutions and employers demand most: critical thinking, problem solving and effective written communication.