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How to Improve Your Child’s Critical Thinking Skill?

Critical thinking skills are the foundation of education and all-life skill development. Kids are open and willing to learn new fundamental skills as long as they are taught in a fun and entertaining manner. Critical thinking capacity enhances students’ overall mental growth. Cognitive ability is divided into two parts: Concrete thinking capacity & Critical Thinking Capacity. Concrete thinking capacity is built on these three parameters: Knowledge, Comprehension, and Application , whereas, critical thinking capacity is developed by these three parameters: Analysis, Synthesis, and Evaluation. Nowadays parents are handing over smartphones to a 3 years old kid so that they can stay distracted and don’t disturb their parents. This is the main problem that stops kids from being social and intellectual. These generation parents need to understand that this habit will lead their kids to an uncertain future with a huge lack of certain creative and critical thinking skill. Instead
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5 Benefits of Integrating Technology into Curriculum

T his G eneration is Tech savvy. We are compelled to admit the fact that the gen-y is way smarter and advance due to the assimilation of technology in our daily life like never before. That’s why students are more responsive to educational technology. 21 st Century’s teachers and parents both should admit the fact that this generation students are interested and engaged in different forms of technology. When technological tools and approach are being integrated in the education system, it has been observed that students are paying more attention in their studies. Technology has totally invaded the classroom-atmosphere. Even one generation ago, students were lucky enough to have a computer in their school. But, in contrast with this situation today’s students use computers for several tasks and assignment given by their teachers e.g. to make a report, presentation and the like.   The internet has implemented a plethora of technological tools to come into the classroom as well. Ins

Implementation of Project-Based Learning in the Curriculum & Its Several Benefits

M odern  education system is changing rapidly and parents must have faced this phrase frequently; "I have a science project to submit on an urgent notification" from their child very often. Parents are often complaining why their child doesn't read and mug up enough nowadays instead of indulging in this project-based activities.  But, deep down this Project Based Learning system has a long-term beneficial effect on your child’s educational career and enhances their learning skill towards sheer excellence. Implementation of project-based learning has become compulsory in every k-12 school.  So, what this Project Based Learning is. Project Based Learning or PBL denotes an instructional approach which is assigned to students for achieving the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills by engaging in several projects. These projects are set around challenges and problems students might face in the real world. So, Project Based Learning is similar to Practical B

5 Interactive Teaching Styles That Can Be Applied in the Classroom

Agile, observant, and responsive, always keeping an open mind about how to engage their students in study and make them excited about learning - these are the main characteristics of a good teacher. To make your students excited about learning can be done properly; a good teacher must apply different interactive teaching styles in the classroom. Interactive teaching styles are very easy to adapt and are designed around a simple principle that is:  practical application of theories to comprehend the depths of the study materials.  Interactive teaching methods are extremely beneficial for both the student and a teacher because only interactive instructions can enhance the learning process.   Application of Interactive Education : Whereas students cannot pay attention to monotonous lecture-style teaching, interactive teaching style promotes an atmosphere of attention and participation. Make teaching an interesting job. Make it exciting, make it fun. Because we all know that lect

Traditional Elementary Education vs. New Learning Techniques

T raditional education or conventional education as we know refers to the customary rules that have been going on in the society and employed in most of the schools. Traditional education is teacher-centric, where the teacher has the authority to take control of a class of about 30-40 students. The main characteristics of the traditional education are to pass on the skills, facts, and standards of moral and social conduct to the children that are necessary for the next generation's material and social success. Earlier Traditional elementary learning was based on oral recitations where one student after another used to be called upon and recite the learning. The teacher’s essential role had been to listen and make the pupil memorize the lessons learnt. Traditional learning also used to vary from cultures to cultures as each place has its own special identity. Punishments are given to students for disobeying the teacher or maintaining indiscipline also is another ch

Essential Group Work Tactics That Keep All Students Accountable

One of the major challenges that teachers and school have to face is keeping the students accountable for their own selves. Making students responsible for their own success is not an easy task. It is especially challenging because students are always complaining and making excuses about others for their own failure in a certain subject or poor grades. The school is the most important platform where students can learn how to be accountable for his or her own behaviour. To create accountability among students, some important tactics or strategies are adopted by the teachers. Now, we are going to discuss the three most essential teaching tactics or strategies that help to enhance accountability among students right from the classroom: Creating A Positive Atmosphere in The Classroom The Most important prerequisite for enhancing accountability and responsibility among students is by creating a positive atmosphere in the classroom for students. A classroom must be a place