5 IDEAS for Developing Real-World Thinking Skills
Infusing five processes into assignments can help students hone the skills they’ll need to address complex problems.
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Recapturing the Magic of Teaching and Learning

Recapturing the Magic of Teaching and Learning ASCD InSERVICE Blog  |  June 6, 2014  |  By Harvey F. Silver  →  They say that the classics never go out of style. And lately, whenever I talk about the interconnection between assessment and instruction in one of my...

Helping Students Climb the Common Core Staircase

Helping Students Climb the Common Core Staircase ASCD Educational Leadership  |  March 1, 2014 (Volume 71, Number 6)  |  By Harvey F. Silver, Matthew J. Perini  →  To prepare students for demanding assessments, we need to teach them how to examine and refine their own...

The Four Ps of Effective Feedback: An Aha! Moment

The Four Ps of Effective Feedback: An Aha! Moment SAANYS Practices (currently Vanguard)  |  Fall 2013  |  By Susan Gorton  →  Recently, my use of Thoughtful Classroom Teacher Effectiveness Framework led to an Aha! moment. Alas, unlike most of my Aha! moments, which...

Tips for Engaging Students in Scientific Thinking

Tips for Engaging Students in Scientific Thinking ASCD EXPRESS  |  July 18, 2013 (Volume 8, Issue 21)  |  By Claudia M. Geocaris, Rochelle Green →  “I hate science. We never DO anything!” We often hear this lament from students, and if their science...

The Triple Challenge of Evaluating Teachers

The Triple Challenge of Evaluating Teachers AASA School Administrator  |  January 2013 (Volume 70, Number 1)  |  By Cindy Weber  →  A colleague of mine recently posed this question to me: What keeps you up at night? The first thing that popped into my mind was school...