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Stories from the Classroom

Written accounts describing the in-class experiences of teachers and other educators working to support critical, creative, and collaborative thinking.

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Telling the story of a graph

Telling the story of a graph

Duff Porteus tells how one critical thinking activity involving linear relations completely transformed his math class.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: 10, 11, 12
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With the help of a crocodile

With the help of a crocodile

Courtney Johnson describes how she helped her ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) students think critically about imagery in poetry.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9
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The power of sustained professional learning

The power of sustained professional learning

Warren Woytuck describes his experiences as an instructional leader with elementary teachers as they begin to infuse critical thinking across subject areas.
Subjects: Science, English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Opportunity knocks! An engaging math discussion

Opportunity knocks! An engaging math discussion

Kendra Preston-Brooks explains how she made the most of a “teachable moment” to promote critical thinking in mathematics in her primary classroom.
Subjects: Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3
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The power of critical thinking

The power of critical thinking

Teacher Stephan Stipp describes the engaging effect on his grade 9 students of critical challenges that have real life connections to career choices.
Subjects: Social Studies, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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How do we measure up?

How do we measure up?

Yvonne Denomy, vice principal and teacher librarian, describes an inquiry into children’s rights with grade three and four students that left her in awe as they were able to determine, locate, analyze, interpret, infer and judge from primary data.
Subjects: Civics, Social Studies, Mathematics, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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