All Critical Thinking vs ALA

The All Critical Thinking app targets problem solving, reasoning, and critical thinking and can be used in language or cognitive therapy sessions with children ages 10 and up and adults with cognitive or language deficits and disorders. Tasks included in the Critical Thinking app allow the users to analyze, evaluate, create, and problem solve. The Critical Thinking app includes the following activities: • Identifying and stating main problems • Identifying and stating multiple causes • Generating lists of items • Generating multiple uses of objects • Prioritizing what should be done in what order • Solving moral dilemmas • Stating what one is thinking • Generating an ad for a product • Solving absurdities

Technology-based approach for writing instruction *Note: This free version only includes the We Beat the Street story, the rest are available as an in-app purchase. This technology-aided instruction for writing complements Teaching to Standards: English Language Arts and is companion product for reading (Access Language Arts). Students write grade-aligned opinion paragraphs about eight adapted pieces of literature, including fiction and nonfiction. Students are supported step by step in constructing personalized paragraphs. Includes activities to improve reading comprehension and vocabulary development. Researched and proven effective in secondary classrooms. Integrate during instruction using Teaching to Standards: ELA, or use this app alone to achieve standards-aligned skills in both reading and writing. Stories include: Holes, The Outsiders, Number the Stars, Dragonwings, We Beat the Street, Neighbors, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Sadako.