32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies
These 32 research-based instructional strategies include Setting Objectives and Reinforcing Effort/Providing Recognition.
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4 Phases Of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers
After researching, this stage of the inquiry process is centered around students clarifying both their own thinking.
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Bandura’s 4 Principles Of Social Learning Theory
Bandura’s Social Learning theory explained that children learn in social environments by observing and then imitating the behavior of others.
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Using The 3-2-1 Learning Strategy For Critical Thinking
The 3-2-1 strategy is a simple way to frame a topic or task, making it useful for anything from discussion prompts to inquiry learning.
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6 Types Of Assessment Of Learning
From formative and summative assessment to criterion-referenced and benchmark assessment, each type of assessment has a unique function.
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50 Learning Reflection Questions For Students
Were you an active or a passive learner? Of what you learned today, what are you most comfortable with and what is still ‘iffy’?
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3 Modes Of Thinking: Lateral, Divergent & Convergent Thought
Lateral thinking solves problems via a creative approach involving ideas that may not be obtainable by using traditional step-by-step logic.
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The Cognitive Biases List: A Visual Of 180+ Heuristics
Cognitive biases are tendencies to selectively search for or interpret data in a way that confirms one’s existing beliefs.
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6 Ways Students Participate Without Speaking
Quiet children do not need faster labeling; they need more accurate seeing.
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What Is A One-to-One Classroom?
A one-to-one classroom is most often a classroom where each student has ongoing access to an individual digital device.
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Using Mistakes as a Teaching Tool: Shifting the Narrative in Math Classrooms
In many math classrooms, mistakes in math classrooms have been seen as something to avoid, hide, or quickly fix.
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When AI Feels Human: Ways To Teach Students About Anthropomorphism
Before students can understand anthropomorphism in AI, they first need to recognize it in the world around them.
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An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom
The ability to ask the right question at the right time is a useful indicator of authentic understanding.
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How to Open PDFs Online Without Downloading a Thing
Someone sends over a PDF, and all that’s needed is a quick look, not a permanent copy sitting on the device. Downloading it anyway means one more file cluttering a folder, and on a shared or borrowed computer, downloading anything at all can feel like the wrong move entirely. A library computer, a hotel business…
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How to Convert Images to PDF Without Losing Quality or Clarity
A phone full of photographed receipts and old paper documents is not the same as having them organized. Loose images scatter across camera rolls and email threads, and nobody wants to open six separate photos to read one contract. Turning them into a single PDF fixes that. It keeps pages in order and opens the…
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What Is A Whataboutism?
Whataboutism is a rhetorical deflection that avoids answering a claim by shifting attention to a different issue.
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A Learning Typology: 7 Ways We Come To Understand
This is a typology not a taxonomy.
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When STEM Lessons Are Too Easy, Students Stop Thinking
We’ve been trained to value engagement. If students are busy, we assume learning is happening.
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From Screen To World: 5 Ways To Use AI To Spark Hands-On Learning In K–12 Classrooms
Students take a photo of their environment, at school, home, or in the community, and ask AI to identify problems within that setting without offering solutions.
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Recognizing Early Expression in Multilingual Young Children
Quiet children do not need faster labeling; they need more accurate seeing.
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How Breaking Words Changed the Way My Students Approach Language
Some students could sound things out, but when asked to explain what the word meant, they would shut down.
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Designing for Depth: When High Achievement Isn’t the Whole Story
In most classrooms, we rely on visible indicators like grades, accuracy, and finished work to tell us whether learning is happening.
