Description
One of the best ways to help stimulate critical thinking skills — an essential part of students’ development — is to build discussion into the classroom. Whether in pairs, groups, or as a class, discussing content with one another challenges students to engage with the information at a higher level, while developing creative and critical thinking skills. In Strategies for Critical Thinking, Bob Iseminger walks through several methods for creating discussion opportunities in the classroom.
These strategies include:
- Think-Pair-Share
- Traveling talk
- Grouping
- Take a stand
IRIS – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course contains much valuable information and various strategies and activities that may prove useful in the GT classroom and classrooms in general.
Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent strategies.
Zondra – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great strategies that are simple to understand but can greatly impact your classroom and can be implemented immediately.
Rebecca – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Nice refresher.
Laura – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Interesting to implement
Kyla – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
The strategies were great! All of them were explained well and could be applied to a variety of grades and subject areas.
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course exposed me to a different strategy that can be used in my classroom.
Jessica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with great strategies to use in the class.
Victoria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It shows how to use Think pair share for critical thinking.
Arsenia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course
Marie – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
This course offered three great strategies to get my students thinking!
Noemi – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this course because it gave me strategies I can implement in my classroom.
yasmin – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
great stuff!
Andrew – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Good
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Gave excellent ideas how to use think-pair-share and the traveling talk
Erika – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very interesting.
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I liked the idea of the Traveling Talk and Take a Stand.
Keely – Region 17 (verified owner) –
It was good. Just didn’t relate to my teaching level.
Mirtis – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
it is very useful for teachers when they are working with groups in their classrooms.
Rowena – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It is very helpful to teachers.
Sara – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Interesting, good ideas
Maria – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Thank you for some of the recommendations this trainer spoke about. It will be useful to implement in my elementary class.
Krystal – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Good information
Martín – ROSCOE ISD (verified owner) –
short and sweet
Alma – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
THis course provided very valuable and differentiate lessons
Amy – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
did not like this session
Delilah – 588 Co-op (verified owner) –
I’ve used a lot of the strategies presented, and they work really well!
Jacquelyn – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very informative. Travel talk was something I had never heard before.
Rosalia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
it was very helpful
Laurie – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
I think that the course is good, but I was unhappy with a couple of the quiz questions. I took detailed notes during the talk and got the traveling talk question wrong twice after referring back to my notes that open-mindedness was also a benefit.
Marlen – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The presenter did a fine job in getting his point across on types of how to use the strategies.
Kyrisila – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was a good course
Patricia – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great Ideas
Amanda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas to use in the classroom!
james – GALVESTON ISD (verified owner) –
It made me think ab. out my approach to my own classes after teaching 40 year of teaching..
Michelle – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
The strategies were well explained. I like how kids are grouped. Also-I like ow kids were paired with others who have a different opinion.
Rob – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great strategies, although T-P-S might be a little dated.
Yadira – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was a little difficult at times to understand
Judith – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Vewry informative
Elizabeth – Yellow Springs Exempted Village (verified owner) –
I liked learning about the strategies.
Clarissa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course!
Ana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great!
Teresa – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
great ideas
Christian – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
interasting information
Wendy – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
this was very interesting but too much information for me to absorb this late.
Juan – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Awesome
Olivet – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Useful information.
Nancy – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
great strategies
Francisca – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This was very informative.
Diana – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It was ok but presenter mainly focused on older students