by Gerald Aungst | Jul 14, 2016 | Collaboration, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
If you’ve spent any time around education in the last decade, you have probably heard about 21st Century Skills. Although the Framework developed by the Partnership for 21st Century Learning has multiple facets, most often mentioned are the learning skills...
by Gerald Aungst | Nov 8, 2015 | Math, Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
This post first appeared at the Corwin Connect blog. It’s the time of year we celebrate scary things: ghosts, goblins, clowns, pumpkin spice (whatever that is). There is one creepy thing with the power to raise the hairs on necks everywhere and which rarely gets...
by mbhertz | Jul 13, 2010 | Gifted, Thinking Skills
This is the first in a summer series of guest posts by members of my personal/professional learning network. Mary Beth Hertz is the technology teacher and technology integrator at Alliance for Progress Charter School in North Philadelphia. She can be found on...
by Gerald Aungst | Jul 13, 2010 | Thinking Skills
Take a look at this picture. If I asked you to sort them into piles, how would you do it? OK, now do it again a different way. No problem, right? Again. Took a little longer for you to think of a way to sort them this time, didn’t it? I’ve...
by Gerald Aungst | Nov 10, 2009 | Content and Methods, Thinking Skills
Image by BaconStand via Flickr When I first moved to Bucks County, I knew the major routes to get around the area. I could, by rote, drive from my house to my in-laws’ house. I could also drive from my house to the school where...
by Gerald Aungst | Aug 31, 2009 | Thinking Skills
Image via Wikipedia Students come to our classrooms with many assumptions and misconceptions, and it is the teacher’s job to anticipate them, recognize them, and correct them. Here are a few that I have seen or heard about: When you add or...
