Learning Posts

What Is The Taxonomy Of Significant Learning?

Terrell HeickJan 24, 2019

The Taxonomy Of Significant Learning is useful for making design considerations for student learning experiences.

Stop Saying Learning Styles Don’t Work

Terrell HeickDec 16, 2018

Somehow, the idea that one student learns best by listening and another while doing jumping jacks has come to define learning…

A Game To Help Students Understand The Maker Learning…

This game can help students better understand the mindset, ethos, and process of maker learning in and out of the classroom.

Curriculum Planning Tips For Any Grade Level Or Content…

Terrell HeickDec 5, 2018

By exposing students to critical content over and over again in increasingly complex ways, spiraling is a flexible and potent curriculum…

23 Maker Learning Reflection Questions For Students

TeachThought StaffNov 29, 2018

What new skills have you learned? Which existing skills did you practice? Which skills were most useful to you?

6 Tips For Creating Effective Student Groups

TeachThought StaffNov 26, 2018

6 Tips For Creating Effective Student Groups by TeachThought Staff Grouping students is easy; creating effective student groups is less […]

14 Things Every Student Needs

Terrell HeickOct 13, 2018

What does every single student need–absolutely, positively have to have–to succeed inside and outside of the classroom?

Teaching Art, Or Teaching To Think Like An Artist?

TeachThought StaffOct 11, 2018

Should we teach content or thinking? Put another way, should we be teaching art or teaching students to think like artists?