Take a look and let me know what you think!
teacher version.
https://youtu.be/cZTXwMj7y-Q v6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7lmnUXkark v5
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WUHzRfedag v4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WUHzRfedag v4 CG and MOE moved back, call to action
👉 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sc1x-E1gQHE v3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPETnmqWlTw v2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eh9Z61Um4HM v1
student version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXDgqmdAthI v2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_OcOARJbtE v1
new script for teacher as suggested by CK.
v3:
Hello Educators!
Here are five quick ways to use Singapore’s Student Learning Space (SLS) features intentionally to nurture Critical, Adaptive, and Inventive Thinking (CAIT) skills are key 21st-century competencies:
1. Use Open-Ended Questions with Feedback Assistant
Go beyond multiple-choice. Add open-ended questions in quizzes and enable the Short Answer Feedback Assistant (ShortAnsFA) to guide students through reflection and improvement.
Example: Ask Science or D&T students to improve a prototype or explain their design decisions.
2. Align Rubrics with CAIT Skills
Use rubrics that assess clarity of reasoning, creativity, and depth of analysis. This makes thinking criteria explicit and gives students clear direction.
3. Scaffold Thinking with ITT
Leverage Interactive Thinking Tools to develop thinking routines. For example, use the Compare-Contrast Tool in Literature to evaluate two characters’ motivations. These tools make thinking visible and easier to assess.
4. Encourage Peer Dialogue
Use Discussion Boards to build argumentation skills. Prompt students to take a stance on issues like digital privacy, and reply using pre-populated students answers like:
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“I agree because__” or “Have you considered__?”
This develops communication and collaboration—core 21CCs.
5. Build Reasoning with SALiS
Use SALiS to support logical reasoning.
Example: Ask in Science, “If this variable changes, what will happen—and why?”
SALiS helps students articulate cause-effect logic and spot reasoning gaps.
Let’s design lessons that go beyond content mastery. With the sound pedagogical use of SLS getting ideas through browsing Community Gallery and MOE Library exemplar modules, we’re not just preparing students for exams—we’re preparing them for life.
Let’s keep growing future-ready thinkers, together.
v2
Hello Educators!
In today’s fast-evolving world, our role as educators goes beyond teaching content—we are shaping learners who can think critically, adapt to change, and innovate confidently. These Critical, Adaptive, and Inventive Thinking (CAIT) skills are essential 21st-century competencies. Fortunately, Singapore’s Student Learning Space (SLS) offers a suite of powerful tools to help us design, facilitate, and assess learning experiences that foster these competencies.
Here are six intentional ways you can use SLS features to nurture CAIT in your students:
1. Use Open-Ended Questions with AI-Powered Feedback to Deepen Thinking
Move beyond multiple-choice questions by integrating open-ended questions into your SLS quizzes. Enable the Short Answer Feedback Assistant (ShortAnsFA) to provide students with real-time, targeted feedback that encourages reflection and self-monitoring.
Example:
Ask students in Science or D&T to propose improvements to a real-world design or explain the reasoning behind a prototype idea.
2. Align Rubrics with CAIT Indicators
Accompany open-ended questions or project tasks with rubrics explicitly aligned to CAIT competencies, such as clarity of reasoning, depth of analysis, and creativity.
This makes success criteria transparent and helps students internalise the qualities of strong, inventive thinking.
3. Develop Thinking Routines Using Interactive Thinking Tools (ITT)
Leverage Interactive Thinking Tools in SLS to scaffold and visualise thought processes.
Example:
Use the Compare-Contrast Tool in Literature to evaluate two characters’ motivations or moral choices, prompting deeper text engagement.
These tools help students externalise their thinking while giving you valuable insight into their reasoning.
4. Facilitate Constructive Peer Dialogue via Discussion Boards and Live Chat
Transform SLS Discussion Boards and Live Chat into platforms for collaborative thinking—not just Q&A.
Try this:
Pose a socio-scientific issue (e.g., “Should AI decide who gets a scholarship?”) and ask students to take a position.
Prompt them to reply to peers using structured sentence starters like:
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“I agree/disagree because…”
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“Have you considered…?”
This builds argumentation skills and supports collaborative and communication competencies.
5. Strengthen Reasoning with SALiS (Learning Assistant)
Encourage students to use SALiS when engaging in tasks that require logic and cause-effect reasoning.
Example:
In Science, prompt: “If we change this variable, what do you expect will happen—and why?”
SALiS helps students articulate their thinking clearly and identify gaps in their logic.
6. Foster a Growth Mindset through Feedback and Iteration
Encourage students to resubmit work after receiving feedback—either from peers or teachers.
Celebrate how their ideas evolve over time.
This reinforces that learning is a process and builds resilience and adaptability, key aspects of CAIT and the growth mindset.
By designing lessons that explicitly develop these competencies—and leveraging the right tools in SLS—you’re not just preparing students for exams. You’re preparing them for life.
Let’s continue building future-ready learners, together.
v1
Hello educators! In this fast-evolving world, one of our key missions is to nurture students who are not only content-competent but also equipped with Critical, Adaptive, and Inventive Thinking (CAIT) skills. Singapore's Student Learning Space (SLS) provides powerful tools to help us design, facilitate, and assess learning experiences that build these essential 21st-century competencies.
Let’s explore how you can intentionally use SLS features to do just that.
1. Quizzes that are Open-Ended Questions with AI Short Answer Feedback Assistant to Promote Depth of Thought
Rather than relying solely on multiple-choice questions, incorporate some open-ended questions with Feedback Assistant turn on in SLS quizzes. With Short Answer Feedback Assistant (ShortAnsFA), you can provide focused, structured feedback—modeling the kind of self-monitoring we want students to build. For example:
Challenge them to design a prototype or suggest improvements to an existing solution in Science or D&T.
2. Rubrics added with CAIT indicators
Pair these with rubrics that assess clarity of reasoning, creativity, or depth of analysis—explicitly aligned to CAIT indicators.
3. Interactive Thinking Tool (ITT) to Develop Thinking Routines
SLS’s Interactive Thinking Tool can be used to scaffold reasoning.
Use the Compare-Contrast ITT to help students evaluate say two characters’ motivations in a Literature text.
These tools let students externalise their thinking while giving you visibility into their reasoning processes.
4. Facilitate Constructive Peer Dialogue in Discussion Board and Live Chat
Move beyond content Q&A. Use the Discussion Board to build argumentation skills:
Prompt students to take a stance on a social issue, like AI in society or digital privacy.
Ask them to comment on at least one peer’s post using sentence starters like “I agree/disagree because…” or “What if we considered…?”
This develops both communication and collaborative thinking, key aspects of 21CC.
5. Guide Logical Reasoning with SALiS (Learning Assistant)
Encourage students when using SALiS to complete tasks that require causal reasoning or hypothesis testing: For example,
In Science: "If we change this variable, what do you expect will happen and why?"
SALiS helps surface students’ logical gaps and reinforces structured reasoning.
6. Support Growth Mindset with Versioning and Feedback Loops
Encourage students to resubmit tasks after reflection, peer critique, or teacher feedback. This builds resilience, adaptability, and a growth mindset. Highlight their evolving thinking as a strength.
As educators, when we design learning activities that explicitly link to these competencies—and use suitable SLS tools to scaffold and assess them—we give our students more than just content knowledge. We help them develop the dispositions they need to thrive.
Let’s continue building these competencies together.