Critical and Creative Thinking – Cranbourne Secondary College PEDAGOGY TOOLBOX

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Anticipation Guide

This Strategy will help students to: Have a purpose for reading Develop curiosity and interest in a topic Encourage them predictions and verify their predictions Anticipate what they are about to read Implementation:…

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Group Grid Of Knowledge

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This strategy will help students to: Generate ideas around a question or topicencourage collaboration and team problem solvingincrease accountability and involvement in own learning. Implementation: Allocate each student to a…

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Jigsaw Activity

This strategy will help students to: work in groups to become experts in different areasshare and disseminate informationhelps learners to clarify their own understanding and ask questions of thers Implementation:…

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Literacy Strategies To Engage Students With Content In Any Subject.

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Feedback Ladder

This strategy will help students to: Consolidate their own knowledge by providing feedback to their peers Think critically about the work of their peers Implementation: Students use the graphic organiser…

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Stars & Stairs

This strategy will help students to: Consolidate their own knowledge by providing feedback to their peers Think critically about the work of their peers Implementation: Students describe what their…

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Thinker’s Keys:

This strategy will allow students to: Think Critically and Creatively Problem Solve Create Novel Ideas Implementation: Create activities about your particular subject area using one or more the thinker's keys…

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Hot Potato

This strategy will help students to: demonstrate their prior knowledge about a topic This strategy will help teachers to: Formatively assess student readiness to learn a particular skill Implementation:…

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Barometer – Taking a Stand on Controversial Issues

Description: The Barometer teaching strategy helps students share their opinions by asking them to line up along a continuum based on their position on an issue. It is especially…

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Silent Discussions (Big Paper)

Description: This discussion strategy uses writing and silence as tools to help students explore a topic in depth. In a Big Paper discussion, students write out their responses to a…