12 Myths About Project-Based Learning
Among the most pervasive myths about project-based learning is that students ‘doing projects’ equates to students learning through PBL.
Author: Terrell Heick
Founder & Director of TeachThought
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12 Mistakes For Teachers To Avoid In A Data-Driven Classroom
Functionally, the purpose of assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. Of course, it’s not that simple.
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Why We Should Stop Averaging Scores To Give Letter Grades
Evaluating a student’s mind with a system not much more robust than the one we use to review movies doesn’t seem like our best thinking.
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50 Ways To Use Bloom’s Taxonomy In The Classroom
Bloom’s Taxonomy is a powerful teaching and learning tool that can help you shape nearly everything that happens in your classroom.
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What Does Teacher Improvement Look Like? Maybe Something Like This
The ultimate metric for your teaching is the quality of students’ lives after your journey & their journey diverge–borderline immeasurable.
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10 Strategies To Make Learning Feel More Like A Game
From using levels and and progress bars to badges and rewards, here are ten strategies to make learning feel more like a game.
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How To Never Run Out Of New Ideas As A Teacher
Just like a great teacher can teach anything, a great learner can learn from almost anything–and teachers are first learners.
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16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say
“Ohhh, I get it.” The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign you’ve moved a student. Something you want to hear your students say.
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Why Parents Don’t Understand How To Help
Families and communities often only recognize the bits and pieces of education they’ve seen before–letter grades, essays, book reports, and report cards.
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This Is One Of The Best Games To Teach Social Studies
We’re blown away by Civilization VI’s complexity, scale, and potential as a tool for teaching social studies.
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Revisiting 25 Predictions I Made About The Future Of Education
25 Predictions I Made About The Future Of Education by Terry Heick Originally published Dec 22, 2012 Preface: I talk a lot about the future of learning, and sometimes it’s fun to go back and look to see how off I was about some things while getting lucky and being a little less wrong about…
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30 Universal Strategies For Critical Learning
From making an observation and drawing a conclusion to forming and improving a question, here are 27 strategies for critical learning.
