by Terry Heick One of the notable changes in the Common Core academic standards is a shift in literacy instruction from the shoulders of “English-Language Arts” teachers, to all content area teachers. And #4, “What strategies do your students use to figure out unknown words?” got me thinking. As a middle and high school English…
Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).
How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.
We should consider using this challenging time to continue to develop and refine learning models that can adapt to a rapidly-changing world.
A video syllabus is a version of your syllabus in video form. It can be a simple slideshow or a creative framing of your course.
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Every lesson plan should have a clear and compelling–and accessible–role for each student during each moment of the lesson.
When rethinking learning loss, we should consider ‘transferability’ of knowledge to student life.
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