Ep 170: Hexagonal Thinking: A Versatile Strategy for Connecting Concepts Across All Subjects
Join us as high school US history teacher David Atkins shares an innovative and adaptable teaching strategy that's transforming how students make connections across curriculum. In this episode, David introduces hexagonal thinking, a hands-on activity where students arrange hexagon-shaped cards with concepts written on them, explaining the relationships between ideas as they connect.
What makes this strategy so powerful? David explains his two-part framework for selecting classroom activities: engaging students through multiple learning modalities (reading, writing, speaking, listening…
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