Assessments tied to the Common Core State Standards will ask students to choose not just the right answer, but the best one -- because questions can include more than one correct response. This inevitably means big changes in the way students study and in the way teachers teach. "How do we shift the mindset of our students from seeking the one easy, right answer to searching to unearth several right answers?" asks Recess blogger Scott Goldstein, a D.C. teacher. He explores four areas -- "teacher talk," student feedback, assessment formation, and "student talk" -- where educators can improve their practices to better prepare and empower students for these new, rigorous assessments.
Read the full post, "Strategizing on Critical Thinking and the Common Core," here: http://www.youngedprofessionals.org/1/post/2014/01/strategizing-on-critical-thinking-and-the-common-core.html
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