Critical Thinking
The 21st century learning skill of critical thinking involves reasoning effectively, using systems thinking, making decisions, evaluating information, and solving problems.
Sessions in this Conference Focus Area
Teaching academic standards with STEM
Clare Kaplan
Clare Kaplan
Do you want to integrate STEM into your standards? Find out how to teach the
standards with a weekly STEM activity that aids in problem solving, design,
investigation, and communication. Students are engaged with hands-on
activities that fuse reading, writing, science, and math. In this session,…
September 13, 2017 — 9:30 am
75 minutes
Ezell 363
75 minutes
Ezell 363
Join us to fill your toolbox with strategies for questioning to support
students in the development of necessary 21st century skills to succeed in
K-12, post-secondary, and the workforce. Participants will leave with
in-depth knowledge of correlations to the TEAM rubric and turnkey
instructional…
September 13, 2017 — 10:55 am
40 minutes
Swang Chapel, Ezell 2nd Floor
40 minutes
Swang Chapel, Ezell 2nd Floor
This session will outline a three-year program in which teachers learned to
evaluate their instructional practice with monthly professional development
that included reflection tools developed to support teacher growth and
improved instructional practices connected to comprehension and writing…
September 13, 2017 — 11:45 am
40 minutes
Ezell 363
40 minutes
Ezell 363
Data Notebooks and Student Led Conferences: Empowering your students by setting goals and giving them a voice in their learning
Campbell, Swart
Campbell, Swart
How can you increase student achievement, student motivation, student
ownership of learning? Using student data notebooks provides a way! Students
will set goals, track data, and lead their own data conferences. Learn how to
empower your students, make learning intentional, and create goal driven…
September 13, 2017 — 11:45 am
40 minutes
Swang Chapel, Ezell 2nd Floor
40 minutes
Swang Chapel, Ezell 2nd Floor
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