Learning Posts

6 Ways To Motivate Students Cognitively During Summer Break

TeachThought StaffJun 21, 2021

Instead of asking, ‘How can we slow their loss of academic progress?” we might ask instead, “What do children need over summer break?”

The Simplest Way To Slow The Summer Slide

Terrell HeickJun 20, 2021

Slowing the ‘summer slide’ through daily reading, writing, and ‘playing’ supports children in developing learning habits that endure.

Rethinking Learning Loss: When Students Don’t Use What They…

Terrell HeickJun 15, 2021

When rethinking learning loss, we should consider ‘transferability’ of knowledge to student life.

6 Instructional Strategies That Challenge And Support Students

TeachThought StaffMay 10, 2021

A teaching strategy is anything the teacher does to help students learn. From reciprocal teaching to clarity, here are 6 to…

What Is Necessary For Learning?

Terrell HeickMay 9, 2021

Sugata Mitra showed that children could learn complex tasks in the absence of formal training, spurred on by curiosity and peer…

30 Of The Best SEL Resources For The Classroom

TeachThought StaffApr 29, 2021

This list of the best SEL resources for teachers and students include apps, prompts, activities, lessons, and more.

How To Teach For Knowledge Through Humility

Terrell HeickApr 29, 2021

How would it change the learning process to start with a tone of humility? To clarify what can be known, and…

18 Questions To Ask Students About Their Day Remote…

Terrell HeickApr 26, 2021

What kinds of questions to ask students support what they’ve learned remotely and enhance their ability to apply it?