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  • Why What Students Don’t Know Is More Important Than What They Do
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    Why What Students Don’t Know Is More Important Than What They Do

    ByTerry Heick

    For me, my biggest takeaway from college was learning what I didn’t know.

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  • The Most Important Step Of The Writing Process
    Literacy Posts

    If You Only Teach Students One Thing About Writing

    ByTerry Heick

    Pre-writing can include clarifying audience and purpose to researching and outlining, making it crucial to the quality of the writing.

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  • What Is Cognitive Constructivism
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    What Is Cognitive Constructivism?

    ByTeachThought Staff

    In research-informed segments, theories like Social Learning can be tools for understanding how a child’s mind works.

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  • What Is Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs?
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    What Is Maslow’s Hierarchy Of Needs?

    ByTeachThought Staff

    Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs is a theoretical framework comprising a tiered model of human needs often depicted as a pyramid.

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  • What Vygotskys Social Learning Theory
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    What Is Vygotsky’s Sociocultural Learning Theory?

    ByTeachThought Staff

    According to Vygotsky, learning and development are inseparable from the social and cultural contexts in which individuals participate.

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  • Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain
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    Innovation Often Means Teaching Against The Grain

    ByTeachThought Staff

    The feeling that I get observing students learning for themselves and assuming ownership of their experience is pure joy.

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  • The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question
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    The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question

    ByTerry Heick

    A question is only a strategy (for inquiry) and must therefore have a purpose if we want to evaluate its quality.

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  • How To Cite A Tweet: MLA Style
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    How To Cite A Tweet: MLA Style

    ByTeachThought Staff

    The Standard Formula: @handle (Real Name). “The full text of the tweet goes here.” X, Day Month Year, URL.

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  • 12 common reasons students don't read
    Literacy Posts

    12 Reasons Students Don’t Read & What You Can Do About It

    ByTerry Heick

    Students might see reading as something to do at school rather than an opportunity to be entertained, learn, or be exposed to new ideas.

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  • 7 teaching secrets for long-term growth
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    7 Teaching Secrets For Long-Term Growth

    ByTerry Heick

    Protecting your planning period by shutting your door isn’t ‘backwards teaching,’ it’s a survival strategy.

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  • Analogies Vol 1 FI
    Critical Thinking Posts

    NEW: Analogies Workbook For Critical Thinking | Practice Grades 6–10

    ByTeachThought Staff

    A printable PDF with 40+ practice sets in relationship types: Synonym, Antonym, Part-to-Whole, Cause–Effect, and Function.

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  • Terry Heick on patterns
    Teaching Posts

    The Most Important Things Students Learn At School

    ByTerry Heick

    Everything around us is some kind of pattern and we look for them. That’s how minds work. Learning requires us to disrupt those patterns.

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