8 Ways To Help Students Improve Their Academic Reading
What is ‘academic reading’? And do my students know exactly what to do when they struggle with it both in and outside of the classroom?
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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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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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10 Ways To Naturally Support Teacher Collaboration In Higher Ed
There’s a great opportunity here to create a database of creative assignments, worksheets, readings, and research instructions.
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The Bare Minimum Of Technology Integration
The Bare Minimum Of Learning Technology by TeachThought Staff What is the bare minimum of learning technology integration in a classroom? Does it depend on nation, grade level, or content area? Socioeconomic status? Culture? Prevailing local technology use? Though many teachers remain against reckless #edtech integration, the conversation is clearly shifting from should technology play a central…
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Text Complexity? Helping Readers See The Whole Text
In this post we consider the appropriate text complexity to use in order to help students develop text comprehension.
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Q&A: How Data Can Make You A Better Teacher
Measurable student success should result from a learner demonstrating sufficient knowledge of the content. That can come in a variety of ways.
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Why Social Interaction Is Essential To Learning Math
We seek fluency in the language of math but don’t encourage students to use it in a social way, producing many who are anxious about math.
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3 Shifts To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom
How To Create A Climate Of Possibility In Your Classroom by TeachThought Staff In May of last year, Ken Robinson–he of “Is School Killing Creativity?”/TED Talk legend status–gave a brief talk on the idea of contrast, specifically the difference between who we are and how we teach. His general message was that we, as human…
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Actually Achieving Close Reading With Digital Tools
As we think about how reading habits change & how to support students in print & digital spaces, I hope you’ll model reading practices.
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The Simple Things I Do To Promote Brain-Based Learning In My Classroom
You don’t have to be a neuroscientist to promote brain-based learning in your classroom. In fact, it’s really quite simple.
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Learning Objective Coach
Learning Objective Coach TeachThought — Research-Informed Strategies for Teaching Learning Objective Coach This tool is meant to help you learn to create and improve learning objectives. It is intended for K–20 educators in the United States, but is usable anywhere teachers need support and coaching. Your draft objective + Add a standard or target (optional)…
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An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom
The ability to ask the right question at the right time is a useful indicator of authentic understanding.
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The Underlying Assumptions Of A Curriculum
One underlying assumption of a curriculum is that it’s comprised of knowledge and skills that are both knowable and worth knowing.
