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Promoting Effective Communication Skills in Students - TeachHUB
Last updated: 06/15/2021
Before I went into administration, I got to teach speech for a couple of years (ten years of teaching technology applications) at the middle school where I taught in Texas. In...
This Is Not Equal To That: How False Equivalence Clouds Our Judgment
Last updated: 06/08/2021
False equivalence is a type of cognitive bias or flawed reasoning style. False equivalency means that you think (or are told) two things should have equal weight in your...
Critical thinking and the art of asking a good question
Last updated: 06/02/2021
Welcome to a new issue of “The Educationalist”. This week I want to dive into a topic that we can all relate to, regardless of the discipline we work in, both in our roles as...
To navigate the dangers of the web, you need critical thinking – but also critical ignoring
Last updated: 05/23/2021
A website’s author may not be its author. References that confer legitimacy may have little to do with the claims they anchor. Signals of credibility like a dot-org domain can...
8 Ways Parents Can Support Critical Thinking At Home |
Last updated: 04/22/2021
Research agrees that the strongest students emerge from homes supportive in the learning process, and below we’ve listed a few ways parents can support students at home. In 8...
Understanding, Measuring and Fostering Digital Skills
Last updated: 04/13/2021
KU Leuven The ySKILLS first year in a nutshell The Youth Skills (ySKILLS) project aims to enhance and maximise long-term positive impact of the ICT environment on multiple...
Why COVID-19 conspiracy theories persist
Last updated: 04/11/2021
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Daniel Roberts hadn’t had a vaccination since he was 6. No boosters, no tetanus shots. His parents taught him inoculations were dangerous, and when the...
How To Help Your Students Develop A Growth Mindset |
Last updated: 04/09/2021
How To Help Your Students Develop A Growth Mindset For professional development around growth mindset, contact TeachThought Professional Development to bring Jackie Gerstein...
Essential Learning that Transfers
Last updated: 07/22/2020
This blog is an excerpt from the manuscript of our forthcoming book, Learning that Transfers, publishing March 2021 “Why do we have to know this?” It’s the age-old question...
7 Critical Thinking Barriers and How to Overcome Them
Last updated: 06/03/2020
It's important to develop critical thinking skills for more than just academic reasons. Substantial critical thinking capacity serves us well in all aspects of our lives. It...