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critical thinking

teaching the scientific method
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A study on teaching critical thinking in science

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay January 13, 2020March 30, 2020

In September 2019, I wrote about a review of the research on how to teach critical thinking by University of Virginia professor Daniel Willingham. His conclusion was that generic critical thinking skills don’t translate from one subject to another but that subject-specific critical thinking skills can be explicitly taught as you go deep into a […]

Teachers Pay Teachers
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Most English lessons on Teachers Pay Teachers and other sites are ‘mediocre’ or ‘not worth using,’ study finds

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay December 23, 2019April 8, 2021
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Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trends

Avatar photo by Jill Barshay September 9, 2019March 15, 2021
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