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Our professional learning library features a variety of themes and types of resources, all focused on how to integrate critical, creative, and collective thinking into your practice.

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Reading as thinking: “Critically” constructing meaning of text

Mary Abbott tells how critically thoughtful readers approach text with an inquisitive mindset when teachers nurture self-regulated use of intellectual tools.
Subjects: English/Language Arts, Professional Learning
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
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Supporting All Learners: Creating the Conditions for Inclusive Classrooms

Designed to guide educators in taking an inclusive approach in all subjects and grades, Supporting All Learners provides simple but powerful starting points for creating inclusive classrooms. Through classroom strategies and examples, this resource provides guidance to help educators make everyday d…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $16.95
Format: Print

Preconceptions of critical thinking

Roland Case and LeRoi Daniels invite educators to reconsider their perceptions of critical thinking in this analysis of many common misunderstandings.
Subjects: Professional Learning, Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Considering the need for critical thinking at the core of history curriculum

Garfield Gini-Newman explores the challenge for students today: selecting and using relevant information for a purpose.
Subjects: History, Professional Learning
Grades: 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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Creating Thinking Classrooms

Navigate the opportunities and challenges of current reform initiatives by focusing on three important shifts: reorienting to a thinking classroom; attending to enriched goals; and aligning practices with key principles of 21st century learning. Please note: Corwin has published a U.S. version of…
Subjects: Not Subject Specific
Grades: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
Regular Price: $32.95
Format: Print

Thinking about thinking in social studies

Roland Case tells how an “embedded tools” approach to teaching critical thinking can avoid the pitfalls of traditional approaches.
Subjects: Social Studies, History, Professional Learning
Grades: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12
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