Tag: Essential

Athletes will rarely think, “I simply cannot make this shot.” Students–for whatever reason–are more likely to say, “I’m not good at tests.”

Graphic organizers allow students to visualize, order, and categorize concepts using verbal representations & visuals.

Guiding inquiry-based learning centers learning on a solving a particular problem or answering a central question.

Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).

How do you know if your students are thinking critically in the classroom? Here are examples that might be good indicators.

Every lesson plan should have a clear and compelling–and accessible–role for each student during each moment of the lesson.

Sugata Mitra showed that children could learn complex tasks in the absence of formal training, spurred on by curiosity and peer interest.