Teaching Posts

1st Period Or 6th: Teaching The Same Lesson Differently

TeachThought StaffJul 26, 2016

Students would show up saying they heard โ€œthe test was brutalโ€ or didn’t do the homework because they ‘heard’ I didn’t collect it.

Stanford: We Created A Course About Better Classroom Conversation

TeachThought StaffJul 21, 2016

Stanford launched a short online course designed specifically to help K-12 educators create better classroom conversations among students.

5 Barriers To More Authentic Teaching And Learning

Drew PerkinsJul 13, 2016

The pieces and parts of most schools and school days looks eerily similar to what many of us experienced decades ago…

How The WE CAN Project Touched My Students

How The WE CAN Project Touched My Students by Kristen LaScola My name is Kristen LaScola, and I am a 3rd…

6 Questions About John Hattie’s Meta-analyses: The Big Picture…

Terry HeickJun 30, 2016

What if a teaching strategy improves test scores but stifles creativity and ambition? Is that still a ‘win’?

What A Flat Classroom Looks Like

Terry HeickJun 29, 2016

In a flat classroom, is no single authority for information or process, but rather dozens of sources of information and authority.

Thinking About Improving Homework

TeachThought StaffJun 20, 2016

I used to think that I had to give students homework every day and that homework had to be the same…

‘You Get Summers Off’ & Other Damaging Myths About…

TeachThought StaffJun 14, 2016

Myth: Those who can’t, teach. Truth: No one can fully understand how difficult good teaching is until they personally experiences it.