Why Students Should Read
Why should students read? When we read–really, really read–for a while, a normally very loud part of us grows quiet.
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12 Principles Of Mobile Learning
A mobile learning environment is about access to content, peers, experts, portfolio artifacts, credible sources, and previous thinking on relevant topics.
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.
Helping Students Fail: A Framework
Helping students fail is about thinking like a scientist, farmer, designer, or CEO–failing gives the data needed to proceed.
4 Principles Of Student-Centered Learning
Student-centered learning puts the needs of the students over the conveniences of planning, policy, and procedure.
Why Assessments Don’t Really Measure Understanding
If you can show all assessment results, learners may realize that understanding is evasive, evolving, and as dynamic as their imaginations.
A Project-Based Learning Cheat Sheet For Authentic Learning
The function of this image is to help get your own creative juices going to decide what’s most important when designing authentic PBL units.
What Works In Education And How Do We Know?
What works in education and how do we know? What do we know an idea is ‘good’? Letter grades? Test performance? Graduation Rates?
Categories Of Cognitive Transfer: 14 Ways Students Can Transfer Knowledge
Near transfer occurs when there is little ‘distance’ from how the content was learned to where it’s applied (the transfer target).
6 Domains Of Cognition: The Heick Learning Taxonomy
The Heick Learning Taxonomy can be used to guide planning, assessment, curriculum design, and self-directed learning.
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.
What Happens When Students Use Technology Better Than Teachers?
What Happens When Students Use Technology Better Than Teachers? by Terry Heick You know the content, you understand pedagogy, and …
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