The purpose of these critical thinking question stems is to help students practice willingness to sit with an idea and struggle wonderfully.
Too often, we're expecting students to learn material without asking them to do much of anything with it. Why is this a problem? Where did it come from? And how can we fix it?
One way to facilitate critical thinking is to help your students use fundamental and powerful concepts to reason through essential questions of a course.
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The reasons your students (or audience members) aren't participating the way you want them to, and some new things you can try to get a better response.
In order to leverage high-impact practices, faculty should first reflect on their strengths and align their teaching schedule to them.
Classroom culture and community are essential whether in a digital or in-person classroom. These 3 high-yeild, no cost strategies are effective and simple!
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When we think of innovative companies, it's easy to imagine an open-air tech startup with ping pong tables and free drinks and huge windows and chairs so modern you're not sure how you're supposed to
This cooperative learning strategy takes the idea of "working in pairs" up a notch.
In too many classrooms, students aren't really thinking. It's time to try something different.
Finding back-to-school activities that aren't boring, cheesy, or a waste of time is tough! The 5 engaging first-week activities will help you build relationships, set expectations, and introduce your English class. Check them out now! #itslitt
Exhausted educator, I see you. In your classroom teaching, working hard to meet the needs of all your students. Engaging, motivating, educating, empowering all the while being thrown obstacles that…
Build students’ sense of engagement by incorporating activities that get them out of their seats to work with course content.
With specific instructions and clear examples, the authors walk us through the small, important changes we can make in the way we talk to students of all ages.
Teachers Trevor MacKenzie and Rebecca Bathurst-Hunt share how they guide students to become independent learners.
What students should know starts with themselves and moves outwards to a content area. Here are questions students should be able to answer.
Need ideas for the new year? Try these top teaching tips to get your classroom ready - classroom management, assessment ideas, time savers, and more!
These community-building ideas for the classroom can help teachers ensure that students in every grade feel like they belong.
When it comes to student engagement, the biggest challenge for teachers is being able to consistently motivate and inspire students through different lesson
Teachers should promote curiosity for more engagement and productive learning
The first day of school can be critical in setting the tone for the whole year. Learn exactly what NOT to do to ensure your students are successful!
If you struggle with classroom management no matter how many different strategies you try, there's a chance you're doing something to get in your own way.
A classroom is a microcosm of society, and just like in any society, there are outliers who stand apart from the majority. As a teacher, you strive to keep your classroom fair and develop your less…
Teacher Justin Parmenter made kindness a part of the curriculum to create a positive community among his students.
Celebrating Think-Pair-Share, the Little Strategy That Could, and sharing some best practices for making it work for you.
Collective Teacher Efficacy is the collective belief of teachers in their ability to positively affect students. With an effect size of d=1.57 Collective Teacher Efficacy is strongly correlated with student achievement. Here is a quick overview of John Hattie’s “new…Read more ›
The hidden curriculum is all the things we're taught at school besides what's actually in the curriculum: norms, morals, values. Read here for pros, cons and examples to use in your essay.
Richard James Rogers, bestselling author and blogger, describes 10 techniques that every teacher needs to know.
A school district uses monthly missions in its design studios to increase student and teacher engagement and foster self-directed learning.
Vond deze placemat van Kate Jones met zeer concrete tips voor retrieval practice via Blake Harvard. Even ter herinnering, wat was retrieval practice ook al weer? Retrieval practice is a strategy in wh
In this blog post you will learn about how to implement and be successful at soft start mornings in your elementary classroom.
Adding an unexpected ingredient to a lesson makes students more likely to remember the thing they were supposed to learn.
If you’re trying to motivate someone – a student, an employee, your child – calling them amazing won’t pump them up the way you hope it will. Not in any lasting way. What’s worse, it could have the opposite effect.
Physical movement makes learning stick better, and today we're exploring six ways you can add more movement to your classroom.
Choosing hurt as a reaction will detract from your ability to handle situations with your brain.
Saying something generic like "good job" might make a student feel good, but that's about it. For more impact, give specific praise to individual students.
