by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Student Engagement
Getting our learners to begin thinking independently is one of the many goals of education. “Teach students so that they don’t need the teacher.” But what if that wasn’t the case? What if there were something higher than independence? After all, Stephen Covey reminds... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
What exactly do we mean by self-directed learning practices? Whoever heard of learners teaching themselves?Let’s start with considering a few real-life examples. In sports, when a player plays a bad game, he or she knows what they need to work on in their own time.... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
At one time or another we have all engaged in poor thinking habits. After all, nobody’s perfect and neither is anybody’s thinking. However, that doesn’t mean we can’t get better at it and start thinking more critically. It’s worth our... ![This is How Solution Fluency Mirrors Design Thinking [Infographic]](https://d2wldp4wpenmih.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/6D-mindmap-1080x675.jpg)
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Solution Fluency
Solution Fluency is something that mirrors many familiar learning procedures. These are the kinds of processes we have used in and out of classrooms for centuries, it seems. When teachers first see Solution Fluency, it can look complicated and daunting. Once compared... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
How would your learners like a foolproof critical thinking process to help them with learning? If you’ve been searching for one, you’re in luck because we’ve found just the folks who can help. Springboard Stories focuses on creative storytelling,... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
For the past few weeks, you have felt great about yourself as a teacher. Last year, you lectured to your students in class after class. Most of your students seemed uninterested and almost never volunteered to say anything when you tried to start a class... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Essential Questions
Editor’s note: This is an updated version of the article featuring an all-new shareable infographic courtesy of the gang at Venngage. When students become active learners, they learn that there might be more than one correct answer to a question and whether an... 
by Lee Watanabe-Crockett | Critical Thinking
via Lifehacker When it comes to creativity, one of our biggest concerns is usually how we can be more creative, or how to come up with better ideas. Research in this area is all over the place, but I’ve gathered some of the most practical studies out there to...