5 Out-Of-The Box Assessment Strategies Every Teacher Should Know
Students need access to lower-level information to then use in higher-level thinking that requires them to synthesize disparate perspectives.
Students need access to lower-level information to then use in higher-level thinking that requires them to synthesize disparate perspectives.

SRE is an initialism representing three central tenets of argument making: Statement, Reason, Evidence (or Example, Explain, or Expand).

Recasts are very frequent in ESL classrooms as they involve changing the incorrect forms in learners’ answers with correct ones.

If you would’ve told me that rather than quitting teaching, I should ‘try counseling,’ I probably would not have responded favorably.

Instead, schools that are working at implementing whole-child strategies should do so within the context of everyday teaching and learning.

Studying is often viewed as a means to an end. We hope these study strategies help learners realize that it is a powerful & empowering tool.

As teachers incorporate collaborative learning in their lesson plans, it is critical that they model active listening to their students.

Teaching with YouTube in the classroom? Here are the most popular and engaging channels to get you started.

From delegating roles to involving students in rubric design, here are group work strategies to help hold all students accountable.

Formative assessment strategies matter. Like a chef checks a dish for taste, teachers must make frequent, targeted checks for understanding.

From part to whole to synonyms and antonyms, to cause and effect and step and sequences, here are good examples for teaching with analogies.

Just as teaching with video games might be ‘controversial,’ so is teaching with what on the surface seems to be a superficial distraction.

These high school classroom management strategies stem from the belief that students respond well to positive reinforcement.

Reciprocal teaching is a teacher-guided strategy where small groups of students play specific roles in the comprehension of a text.