20 Questions To Guide Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry-Based Learning Questions For Research And General Inquiry by TeachThought Staff Recently we took a look at the phases of inquiry-based learning through a framework and even apps that were conducive to inquiry-based learning on the iPad. What Are The Different…
The Necessity Of Something Other Than Apple In Education
The Necessity Of Something Other Than Apple In Education by Terry Heick This isn’t an anti-Apple piece; it’s about symmetry. The discussion about learning with tablets is a difficult one to push critically. Conversations here gradually trend toward apps, cost, equity,…
14 Lesson Plans For Teaching Financial Literacy
Whath Are The Best Lesson Plans For Teaching Financial Literacy? by TeachThought Staff 1. Ruth Gale-Paredez: “What education do you need to live comfortably?”Fifth-grade students figure out how much it costs to live for a family of four. The survey is…
A Primer On Using Games To Teach
A Primer On Using Games To Teach by Rosa Fattahi, WizIQ A key element to ensuring any successful pedagogy is student engagement. However, keeping students motivated and actively involved can be difficult. Besides the basic challenges of maintaining students’ interest…
42 Idiom Examples And Explanations
A Large List of Idiom Examples And Explanations Oxford Dictionaries offers the definition of an idiom as “a group of words established by usage as having a meaning not deducible from those of the individual words (e.g.,rain cats and dogs, see…
I Wanted To See–Really See–If I Had Made A Difference
I Wanted To See If I Had Made A Difference David Menasche was the high school English teacher at Coral Reef Senior High School in Miami that all of the students adored. He listened to punk rock music. He was adorned with tattoos.…
The Definition Of The Flipped Classroom
What Is The Definition Of The Flipped Classroom? As one of the most popular trends in education in recent memory, you’ve undoubtedly heard of the flipped classroom. But what is it about a classroom that’s been flipped that makes it…