by QPS | Oct 16, 2018 | Personalized Learning, Problem Solving, School News, Skill Building, Talk Aloud Problem Solving, Technology in Education and Personalized Learning, Thinking Skills
The question What are 21st century skills? is often answered by pundits, schools, and for-profit companies with catchy, possibly brand-able, lists. These lists are good clickbait but no substitute for ongoing attention to the timeless and emerging competencies that...
by QPS | Feb 12, 2018 | Interdisciplinary Studies, Problem Solving, School News, Talk Aloud Problem Solving, Thinking Skills
It should be clear by now that at QPS, we don’t just pay lip service to “critical thinking.” We actively teach a defined set of thinking skills that students need in order to be good problem solvers and decision makers. Ultimately, people with a can-solve attitude....