It's Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom by Terry Heick Among the biggest changes of modern academic standards is the shift in the burden of general literacy. ...
16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm Project-Based Learning by Terry Heick We've written about inquiry-based learning in the past, as well as its mother project-based learning, and its more complex cousin self-directed learning. So ...
25 Of The Best Resources For Teaching Critical Thinking by TeachThought Staff See also 10 Team-Building Games That Promote Critical Thinking Critical Thinking As an organization, critical thinking is at the core of what ...
6 Strategies For Teaching With Bloom's Taxonomy by TeachThought Staff Bloom's Taxonomy can be a powerful tool to transform teaching and learning. By design, it focuses attention away from content ...
12 Alternatives To Letter Grades In Education by Terry Heick Ed note: This post was originally published in November of 2012 and has been updated several times, most recently in ...
8 Needs For Project-Based Learning In The 21st Century by Terry Heick We recently offered a definition of project-based learning and looked at keys to designing Project-Based Learning. We also have ...
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 ...
25 Critical Thinking Apps For Extended Student Learning by TeachThought Staff Critical thinking apps aren't the sweet spot of mobile app design. Most of the more popular apps are focused ...
20 Tips To Promote A Self-Directed Classroom Culture contributed by opencolleges.edu It’s an age-old saying: "Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day. Teach a man to ...
Learning Is Complex; What Do We Know So Far? contributed by Stewart Hase and Chris Kenyon The science of learning, discovering how people learn, as opposed to the philosophy of learning ...
16 Things I Want To Hear My Students Say by Terry Heick "Ohhh, now I get it." The iconic phrase that teachers value hearing. A sign that you've moved a ...
Too Much Sitting? 5 Movement Strategies That Get Kids Thinking contributed by Kenny McKee Each day more research confirms the link between movement and learning. Brain researcher David Sousa claims ...
Creating Student-Centered Learning Profiles: What Great Teachers Know About Their Students by TeachThought Staff For Professional Development or consulting around this or other ideas you read about on TeachThought, contact ...
19 Reading Response Questions For Self-Guided Response by Terry Heick Though I've been busy with TeachThought for the last four years, my original 'trade' was teaching English (literature, writing, digital ...
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom by Terry Heick Note: You can purchase a similar, classroom-ready version of these stems on printable cards, if you find that useful. Meaningful ...
15 Apps & Websites For Teaching Math Online contributed by Jennifer Smith With the increasing popularity of STEM-focused learning more and more students are taking on more and more challenging ...
How To Teach Students To Research Without Google by Jane Healey, Ph.D Inquiry-based learning is one of the current buzz phrases, meaning students should ask and answer questions as a ...
40 Viewing Comprehension Strategies: Watching Videos Like You Read A Book by Terry Heick You can't watch a video like you read a book; the modalities couldn't be much more different. ...
