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Make Magic Happen with Hexagonal Thinking
The deep sighs and collective groans of “not again” from the seniors in my English classes felt like an urgent plea for change. They were eager for fresh activities and strategies to spice up their learning experience. Admittedly,... Read More
Teacher Spotlight: Catherine Dempsey
Last week, Catherine Dempsey, one of the exceptional teachers at Quest Forward Academy Omaha, shared some of the ways she engages students in active, skills-forward learning. As a science teacher and coach since 2021, Catherine... Read More
10 Strategies for Developing Work Skills
In my last post, I described four essential work skills to help your students work smartly, efficiently and successfully. Those skills are: Focus Plan Make an Effort Document Today I’m going to focus on... Read More
4 Work Skills Your Students Need To Succeed
Today we’re going to focus on four work skills that will help your students work smartly, efficiently, and successfully. These skills emphasize executive functioning and are essential for students to succeed in school, career, and... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students COMMUNICATE
At last, we arrive at our final category of Learning Skills: Communicate! Check out the first 3 if you haven’t already seen them: Explore, Analyze, and Reason. Communicate includes the following Learning Skills: ... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students REASON
In our last two posts we focused on strategies and activities to help students build skills as they Explore and Analyze. In this post we focus on a third category of skills, Reason, which includes the following Learning... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students ANALYZE
In our last post we focused on strategies and activities to support students build skills as they Explore. Those Learning Skills include Establish Meaning, Ask Questions, and Investigate. In this post we focus on a second... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students EXPLORE
When you think of your time in school, as a student, what comes to mind? Is it what you learned? Or how you learned it and what you did? These days I can’t tell you the first thing about Calculus, or anything about Chemistry.... Read More