50 Questions To Help Students Think About What They Think
Using the right question at the right time can not evaluate understanding but can help students think about what they think.
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34 Free Resources To Learn Music Online
34 Free Resources To Learn Music Online by TeachThought Staff Music has a powerful effect on people young and old — just listening can affect mood, memory, sleep, and can inspire a sense of belonging or feeling understood. However, scientific research has proven that the process of actually making music has a significant impact on…
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When They Don’t Want Privacy: Why Students Should Study Social Media
Understanding social media is more than using it in the same way that understanding physics is more than simply being affected by gravity.
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Why Assessments Don’t Really Measure Understanding
If you can show all assessment results, learners may realize that understanding is evasive, evolving, and as dynamic as their imaginations.
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Transfer Of Understanding In Math And Reading
The problem: transfer of understanding is poor. Students do not understand that the long-term and bottom-line goal of education is transfer.
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When Students Break The Rules, Emphasize The Effect On Others
Emphasizing how one student can impact another is not only useful for modifying behavior, but can create a learning community.
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Why Teacher Education Should Include Neuroscience
The neuroscience of how the brain learns and what influences the application of learning should be included in all teacher education programs.
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Busy But Progressive? 5 Tips For Differentiated Instruction
Busy But Progressive? 5 Tips For Differentiated Instruction by TeachThought Staff A few years ago “differentiation” was the buzzword of choice around local school systems. Teachers were concerned about the time involved in all that specialized education and how would we make our grade books match up with what kids were doing in reality? Such…
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23 Books To Teach Diversity To Elementary & Middle School Students
Literature is a wonderful vehicle for illustrating empathy and diversity in a human, personal, and lasting way.
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What Might Happen If Robots Replace Teachers
Will robots replace teachers? Eventually. But maybe then teachers can then focus entirely on improving the lives of children.
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12 Examples Of Gamification In The Classroom
Examples of gamification include additive grading, using levels of progress, creating learning badges or trophies to include, and more.
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50 Reasons It’s Time For Smartphones In Every Classroom
33. Students can have choice in terms of apps, platforms, social channels, assessment style, and so on. Smartphones can support this.
