5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know
Students need access to lower-level information to then use in the higher-level thinking that requires them to synthesize disparate facts and perspectives. The post 5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment...
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The shift from being asked for answers to being asked for questions can be powerful in building a powerful learning environment. The post Using The QFT To Drive Inquiry In Project-Based Learning...
View Article5 Learning Strategies That Make Students Curious
Ambition precedes curiosity. Without wanting to advance, learn, change, or grow, curiosity is simply a biological and neurological reaction to stimulus. The post 5 Learning Strategies That Make...
View Article20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers
By definition, learning is social in nature. Using different mediums, whether it be books, discussions, technology, we study and make meaning together. The post 20 Collaborative Learning Tips And...
View ArticleFlipping Lesson Design: Moving The Learning Objective To The End
There’s a large risk in waiting until the end--because in that great length of time many students may have fallen off the learning path. The post Flipping Lesson Design: Moving The Learning Objective...
View Article20 Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter In The Classroom
These high school students put together questions to ask historians on Twitter, getting answers that may not be easy to find in their history books. The post 20 Ways High Schools Are Using Twitter In...
View Article5 Strategies For Better Teacher Professional Development
Just as a teacher has to create conditions that support and encourage student success, school districts have to support teachers’ professional development. The post 5 Strategies For Better Teacher...
View ArticleThe Characteristics Of A Good School
A good school decenters itself--makes technology, curriculum, policies, and its other 'pieces' less visible than students and hope and growth. The post The Characteristics Of A Good School appeared...
View ArticleWhat Happened When The Teachers Disappeared
After the teachers disappeared, students knew that if they were too rowdy someone would notice, so they kept the noise to a minimum. The post What Happened When The Teachers Disappeared appeared first...
View Article4 Keys To Designing A Project-Based Learning Classroom
In project-based learning, mistakes are allowed and even expected. The result? Students become active rather than passive learners. The post 4 Keys To Designing A Project-Based Learning Classroom...
View ArticleStandards-Based Grading Only Solves Half The Problem
If the goal a student has to clear is absurdly low, then the assessment is not rigorous even though it is 'standards-based' testing and scoring. The post Standards-Based Grading Only Solves Half The...
View Article100 Blended Learning Resources For Teachers
From Open Courseware to tools, models, and definitions, this is a collection of 50 of the best blended learning resources for teachers now updated for 2020. The post 100 Blended Learning Resources For...
View ArticleWhat Effective Principals Do
The management side of being a principal tends to be the stuff that one has to do. Leadership is the stuff that one chooses to do. The post What Effective Principals Do appeared first on TeachThought.
View ArticleIn Defense Of Absolute Literacy
We must speak, and teach our children to speak, a language precise and articulate and lively enough to tell the truth about the world as we know it. The post In Defense Of Absolute Literacy appeared...
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5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know
5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com & Terry Heick Most teachers and current textbooks offer varied approaches to the material...
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Using The QFT To Drive Inquiry In Project-Based Learning
Using The QFT To Drive Inquiry In Project-Based Learning by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Inquiry can be a powerful teaching and learning strategy. When I came across the Question...
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16 Meditation Apps For Children In The Classroom
Mindfulness At School: 16 Meditation Apps For Children In The Classroom by TeachThought Staff The modern school day can be stressful, due in part to the pressure caused by standardized testing, social...
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The Wonderful Craft Of Pedagogy: 30 Questions To Evaluate Your Teaching
The Wonderful Craft Of Pedagogy: 30 Questions To Evaluate Your Teaching by TeachThought Staff Whole Child Learning is a thing; Whole Teaching should be a thing too, no? Here at TeachThought, Jackie...
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16 Indicators Of Efficient Teaching
16 Indicators Of Efficient Teaching by Terry Heick Notice that I didn’t use the more vague ‘good teacher’ phrasing. That’s an important distinction, because here we’re talking about something a bit...
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It’s Time To Plan For Struggling Students From The Beginning
It’s Time To Plan For Struggling Students From The Beginning by Terry Heick The following post is excerpted from an email exchange between myself and the late Grant Wiggins years ago. I’ve had a...
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