10 Tips For Creating More Effective Multiple-Choice Questions
Does the item require a passage, or a graphic? If so, is all the necessary information provided, and is it appropriate and accessible to the student?
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Critical Reading: 50 Sentence Stems To Help Students Talk About What They Read
Critical reading is a matter of gathering knowledge, understanding context and seeing ideas from multiple perspectives to make sense of a text.
The Sync Teaching Method: A Blended Approach To Self-Directed Learning
Second screen learning provides access to personalized content while the teacher guides and facilitates the core of the lesson.
A 3-Dimensional Model Of Bloom’s Taxonomy
Each colored block has an example of a learning objective corresponding with each combination of the cognitive process and knowledge dimensions.
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.
5 Levels Of Student Engagement: A Continuum For Teaching
It was already clear to me that students want to 'do well in school' for different reasons but now I could see a fuller continuum of student engagement.
8 Strategies To Help Students Ask Great Questions
A good question can open minds, shift paradigms, and force the uncomfortable but transformational cognitive dissonance that can help create thinkers.
Becoming Innovative: 15 New Ideas Every Teacher Should Try
Looking for new and innovative ideas for your teaching? Here are 15 examples to get you started.
Critically Examining What You Teach
by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him ...
The Pedagogy Of John Dewey: A Summary
John Dewey emphasized inquiry and the social context of learning. At the turn of the 20th-Century, these were radical ideas.
Learning Theories: Jerome Bruner On The Scaffolding Of Learning
Bruner believed that when children start to learn new concepts, they need help from teachers and other adults in the form of active support.
A Self-Directed Learning Model For 21st Century Learners
This model is built around the concept of self-knowledge--better understanding one's self and that to inform one's interactions with the world.
20 Questions To Guide Inquiry-Based Learning
Inquiry-based learning is an instructional model that centers learning on a solving a particular problem or answering a central question.
32 Characteristics Of High-Performing Classrooms
Instructional design is the strategic creation of learning experiences through intentional planning, sequencing, and data-based revision of learning.
