What Students Do Better Than Teachers
What Students Do Better Than Teachers by Terry Heick You can ask your students what they’re interested in—what they’re curious about—but that’s not the right question, because they probably don’t ...
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4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do
4 Things All Project-Based Learning Teachers Should Do contributed by Lauren Ayer, M.Ed. Gone are the days when students were expected to sit passively at desks while teachers lectured endlessly, ...
How A Simple Checklist Can Improve Learning
Used effectively, checklists can improve learning by helping students develop awareness processes, goals, and priorities.
10 Ways To Be A More Reflective Teacher
Don't become addicted to 'fixing' your teaching; celebrate what you do well. Identify strengths and use them to bolster where you're weak.
Where Has The Joy Of Learning Gone?
Where Has The Joy Of Learning Gone? by Judy Willis M.D., M.Ed., radteach.com & Terry Heick We know that for most children kindergarten is something anticipated with awe and enthusiasm – especially when one ...
10 Dos & Don’ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area
10 Dos & Don'ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area by TeachThought Staff With the Common Core adoption in the United States, teaching vocabulary is no longer strictly the ...
27 Ways To Enhance Retention In Your Students
27 Ways To Enhance Retention In Your Students by TeachThought Staff How you can help students retain what they learn? What sort of teaching strategies, curriculum mapping techniques, or other changes can ...
3 Ways You Can Respond When Students Turn In Incomplete Work
3 Ways You Can Respond When Students Turn In Incomplete Work contributed by Heather M. Stocker It’s like looking at a photograph where only a small bit of the picture ...
15 Of The Best Ways To Share Large Files
15 Of The Best Ways To Share Large Files by TeachThought Staff As a modern teacher, you probably need to share stuff and have stuff shared with you. 'Stuff' like ...
Want To Become A Better Teacher? Try Slowing Down
Want To Become A Better Teacher? Try Slowing Down by Terry Heick The gift of my fifth year of teaching was patience. Every year something new occurs to me as ...
100+ Bloom’s Taxonomy Verbs For Critical Thinking
Evaluate: Criticize, Reframe, Judge, Defend, Appraise, Value, Prioritize Plan, Grade, Reframe, Revise, Refine, Grade, Argue, Support, Decide, Re-design
20 Ways To Provide Effective Feedback For Learning
For learning feedback, consider using the concept of a 'feedback sandwich' to guide your feedback: Compliment, Correct, Compliment.
10 Pieces Of Advice That Could Save Your Teaching Career
10 Pieces Of Advice That Could Save Your Teaching Career by Terry Heick Simple premise, as titled: what sorts of 'things' make teaching unsustainable, and what sort of advice can ...
6 Tips For Creating Effective Student Groups
6 Tips For Creating Effective Student Groups by TeachThought Staff Grouping students is easy; creating effective student groups is less so. The following infographic from Mia MacMeekin seeks to provide some ideas ...
The Most Important Question Every Assessment Should Answer
The difference between assessment of learning and assessment for learning is a crucial one, in many ways indicative of an important shift in education.
50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child
50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child by TeachThought Staff There are many ways to encourage a child, but for students of any age, honest, authentic, and persistent ...
How To Take Cornell Notes
How To Take Cornell Notes Originally published in 2015; updated in October 2018 Form: Cornell Notes Purpose: The purpose of Cornell Notes is to distill complex text, arguments, etc. into a ...
5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning
5 Tools And Strategies That Support Personalized Learning by TeachThought Staff Personalized learning is something that many teachers strive for, but it can be easier to want it than make ...
