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Boost your students' 21st century skills
How do we measure students' inquiry, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities so that we know they are prepared to meet the challenges of the 21st century? John Barell explains how inquiry leads to problem-solving and provides specific steps for pre, formative and summative assessment that informs instruction of 21st century skills. Included are examples that show how to use today's technology in the classroom and how to use inquiry to develop and assess students' ability to:
Think critically and creatively; Collaborate with others; Become self-directed learners; Adapt and become resourceful; Develop a sense of leadership, responsibility, and global awareness
The authors challenge teachers to reflect on their own learning, thinking, and problem-solving processes as well as those of their students. The text provides frameworks for monitoring students' progress and guidelines for communicating with parents. Teachers will find examples from all grade levels that show how to observe and assess students' growth in their development of 21st century capacities, making this a timely and valuable resource.
Inquiry Begins at Home
Inquiry Begins at Home
Once upon a time, there lived a mother who not only bore a baby boy who grew up to be very famous in America but also became almost as famous because of the way she raised him.
The mother was Sheindel Rabi, and she lived in what is now southeastern Poland. Her son was Isidore I. Rabi, and he grew up to be a very famous nuclear physicist who did pioneering work on the characteristics of the electron. This research led to his receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1944.
His research also meant that he was a very prominent player in a massive scientific undertaking to win World War II, the development of radar. The Brits had, by ...
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