Transform your classroom culture from one of passive knowledge consumption to one of active learning and student engagement. In this well-researched book, author Rebecca Stobaugh shares how to build a culture of thinking that emphasizes essential 21st century skills — from critical thinking and problem solving to teamwork and creativity. In communicating this essential knowledge, Stobaugh offers fifty teacher-tested instructional strategies for nurturing students’ cognitive abilities across the full range of thinking levels.
Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- The participant will gain an understanding of the concepts of critical thinking and cognitive engagement, as well as the relationship between the two.
- The participant will study the thinking levels of Bloom’s taxonomy revised, the cognitive processes associated with those levels, and how they establish a path to high-level thinking.
- The participant will choose among fifty effective instructional strategies that encourage critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and media literacy in the classroom.
- The participant will understand ten powerful methods for sustaining a classroom’s culture of thinking for the long term; and
- The participant will utilize Take Action sections and download free online reproducibles that will assist them in building a culture of thinking in the classroom.
Join instructor Tyler Youngers for this virtual book study to learn about these 50 strategies to boost cognitive engagement while creating a thinking culture in the classroom!
Required Materials:
Fifty Strategies to Boost Cognitive Engagement: Creating a Thinking Culture in the Classroom (50 Teaching Strategies to Support Cognitive Development), Rebecca Stobaugh.
Available in bookstores.
Course Details:
Date: Available for registration anytime between August 19, 2024 – August 20, 2025
Course #: EDMA 288:706
Instructor: Tyler Youngers (tyler@growprofessionally.com)
Number of Graduate/License Renewal Credits: 2
Higher Ed Partner for Graduate Credit: Drake University
Registration Deadline: Last day to register is Thursday, 8/20/25, by 5:00 p.m.
