Best Formative Assessment Tools For Teachers

18 Of The Best Formative Assessment Tools For Digital Exit Tickets

ByTeachThought StaffNov 5, 2025

18 of the best formative assessment tools for teachers–to glean data, take snapshots of understanding, create digital exit slips, and more.

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RESEARCH: Accessing New Generation AI-Based Authoring Tools

ByTeachThought StaffNov 4, 2025

Accessing New Generation AI based Authoring tool: “Cognitive Boon or Bane” for Engineering Education Pedagogy Soumya Banerjee, Ph.D · Senior Member IEEE · Senior Research Consultant Ex. Associate Professor, Dept. Of Computer Science & Engg., Birla Institute of Technology [email protected] Major Highlights This…

Alternatives To What'd You Learn In School Today?

Alternatives To ‘How Was School?”

ByTerry HeickNov 4, 2025

“What did you learn in school today?” It’s easy to resort to cliches when talking to kids about school. Here are some alternatives.

25 Resources For Teaching With Movies And Film

25 Resources For Teaching With Movies And Film

TeachThought Staff Nov 3, 2025 7 min read

The film section of Tuppence Magazine has put together a list of the 25 best learning resources for film studies available online.

How to quiet noisy elementary classroom

Ways To Quiet a Noisy Elementary Classroom

TeachThought Staff Nov 2, 2025 2 min read

Reliable ways to refocus students and begin instruction smoothly. Calm attention cues, transparent routines, and grade-band examples teachers can use right away.

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50 Education Accounts You Should Follow On BlueSky

TeachThought Staff Oct 28, 2025 3 min read

A curated Bluesky directory of educators, researchers, learning scientists, and international pedagogy voices for teachers seeking high-signal, evidence-informed education content. Updated for 2026.

2 minds of education

The Two Minds Of An Educator

Terry Heick Oct 27, 2025 5 min read

The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face.

32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies

32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies

TeachThought Staff Oct 24, 2025 9 min read

These 32 research-based instructional strategies include Setting Objectives and Reinforcing Effort/Providing Recognition.

What Is 3 Before Me Teaching Strategy

What Is 3 Before Me?

TeachThought Staff Oct 22, 2025 4 min read

‘3 Before Me’ requires that when students are stuck, they must first try to solve the problem in 3 different ways before asking the teacher.