September is Strategic Thinking Month

September is the month dedicated to bringing about awareness for the universal need to improve strategic thinking skills.  Strategic thinking is a form of problem solving and involves being able to observe, comprehend, and analyze a variety of information, plan solutions and then select suitable actions to take.   Strategic thinking involves more than logic; it is being able to brainstorm and handle unexpected twists and turns and is truly a valuable skill for students to develop.

Thinking skills are an essential tool for being successful in school, social, and home life.  How can we help students improve their thinking skills?   We can actively ask students for their input, we can teach them to incorporate others’ ideas when they work in groups, we can promote the playing of strategic games like Chess, Backgammon, Parcheesi, Clue, and Battleship, and we can promote ‘out of the box’ thinking.  

Let’s use September to give students the opportunity to develop their potential – allow them to work through real-life problems and situations.  Let’s promote thinking strategically!

How do you improve your thinking skills?

Feature Friday | BuddyShare

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Buddyshare allows you to selectively share your created quizzes with other MEMBERS of Cram Stoppers.

Whether it’s between classmates, teachers, tutors and their students, or homeschooled communities,

it is a simple way to work together for supplemental studying.

 

   After reading the RULES (very important) and instructions, SELECT the RECIPIENT by typing in their Username or use the short-cut feature by making a MASTER list of BUDDIES!

After choosing the quizzes you wish to share, 

simply hit “Send Now” - it's a cinch! 

Here is where you can CREATE a MASTER LIST of MEMBERS/USERNAMES with whom you usually Buddyshare, plus place them in special groups. When you go to the MAIN Buddyshare page you will be able to send to your whole list, partial, or a group(s). Step by step instructions are provided at the top of the screen to walk you through. 

You can also access both Buddyshare and Buddy Lists from the main menu bar as shown.

Feature Friday | Just Logical

Just Logical is a unique multiple choice only quizzing system that supplies the learner with instant feedback.  It is designed to help students study specific skill areas while giving positive, immediate feedback. These areas include everything from adverbs and prepositional phrases to multiplication and map skills. 

When taking JL quizzes, the user continues to select responses to each question until they get the correct answer.  In doing so, they are able to apply the same logic on the next question, reinforcing the same skill.  Each Just Logical quiz can measure up to three skill sets at a time, determined by the person creating the quiz.

View samples of Just Logical Quizzes

Math
Language Arts
Science
Social Studies

Easy Navigation makes using the page smooth.

You are also able to track your JL Quiz Results & share the scores with your buddies as well.