Sarah Pfeiler

August 27, 201821st century skills, back to school, Classroom, Classroom Instruction, Critical Thinking, Critical Thinking Instructioncritical thinking, Doomsday Preppers, Low-Tech Tools, Sarah Pfeiler, think Law, thinkLawby Sarah Pfeiler

When Disaster Strikes: 5 Low-Tech Tools for Critical Thinking

We live pretty comfortable lives in 2018. Advances in technology, medicine, and science have eliminated a lot of problems that our ancestors struggled with every …

The year was 1895 when Grover Cleveland signed to make Labor Day a recognized national holiday. The late 1800’s were a time of great upheaval …

Last Labor Day, a 15-year-old boy in Oregon was playing with fireworks. His friends recorded him tossing one into a canyon. The teens can be …

August 8, 201821st century skills, back to school, Classroom Instruction, Lessons, Student Engagement, Teachers Pay Teacherscritical thinking gap, criticalthinking, education, Sarah Pfeilerby Colin Seale

No Time to Waste: Diving Into Critical Thinking On Day One

We waste a lot of time in education. Most American students are in school between 175 and 180 days a year, or around 49% of …

July 12, 2018Classroom Instruction, Partnerships, thinkLaw's impactBrainCandy, Colin Seale, critical thinking, probing questions, Sarah Pfeiler, Socratic lessons, think Law, thinkLawby Colin Seale

thinkLaw and Braincandy: Taking Classroom Conversations to the Next Level

A crucial component of powerful critical thinking instruction is deep conversation. Research studies have shown that how we talk impacts our processing and retention. We …

May 8, 2018Critical Thinking, Sports & Entertainment, Teachers Pay TeachersColin Seale, Sarah Pfeiler, Sports and Entertainment, think Law, thinkLawby Colin Seale1 Comment

Sports, Entertainment and Critical Thinking: thinkLaw Launching Sports & Entertainment Edition

We have taken the appeal and excitement that students have for this highly relevant content and pulled some of the most compelling real-life legal cases that will have students thinking like entertainment lawyers and sports agents!

April 2, 2018Parenting, Teaching Critical Thinking, thinkLaw's impactColin Seale, critical thinking, education, parenting, Sarah Pfeiler, think Law, thinkLawby Sarah Pfeiler

Why is the Milk in the Back of the Supermarket? thinkLaw’s New Asset-Based Critical Thinking Class for Parents

Every parent’s average day is filled with a series of decisions that require critical thinking. Take, for example, something as mundane as a trip to …