The Teaching History Her Way Podcast

Moving Beyond Memorization: Using Hexagonal Thinking to Deepen Student Thinking

March 8, 2026·31 min
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Send us Fan Mail What happens when students stop memorizing information and start connecting ideas? In this episode, I talk with Derek Schutte and T.J. Warsnak about how hexagonal thinking helps students build those connections, and why it leads to some of the most meaningful classroom discussions. If you’ve ever wanted students to move beyond memorizing information and instead start making meaningful connections, this strategy does exactly that. Hexagonal thinking asks students to place idea...

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