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A colleague of mine (thank you Dan!) recently told me about an information gap activity called Half a Crossword. Since finding out about...

The other day I was watching King Richard, a biographical sports drama film about the life of Richard Williams, the father of tennis...

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In a couple of my earlier posts, I explored the act of analyzing and evaluating. Both skills are important higher order thinking skills...

In an earlier post, I wrote about analytical skills, and the process of analyzing something. Throughout one’s academic career, as well as...

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