How To Kill Learner Curiosity In 12 Easy Steps
Killing a learner's natural curiosity doesn't happen overnight. It can take as long as 12 years, and in some rare cases even that isn't long enough.
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10 Ways Teaching Has Changed In The Last 10 Years
Even as apps have fallen in favor, mobility is the new standard. Information, communication, search, and identity—mobility matters in the modern world.
How To Add Rigor To Anything
In rigorous tasks, learners will often need to synthesize data, positions, or theories from multiple sources or perspectives.
What Are The Habits Of Mind?
Habits of Mind are dispositions mindfully employed by characteristically 'successful' people when confronted with problems.
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.
50 Ways Google Can Help You Become A Better Teacher
Use Google maps to tell digital stories with text, photo and video all embedded into a trail students create on the map to share with others.
Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The World
7 Reasons Why Teaching Is Still The Best Job In The World by TeachThought Staff This post has been republished from previous publishing Sometimes, good teachers quit. Teaching is an increasingly demanding ...
15 Examples of Student-Centered Teaching
15 Examples of Student-Centered Teaching by Terry Heick 15 Examples of Student-Centered Teaching--And 15 That Are Not So Much Student-centered teaching is simply the process of teaching with student needs ...
38 Prompts Merging Reflective Thinking With Bloom’s Taxonomy
Sample prompt: Were the strategies, skills, and procedures I used effective for this assignment?
60 Smarter Ways To Use Google Classroom
Google Classroom excels in providing solutions for teachers. From tagging your curriculum to digital exit slips, here are 60 ways to use Google Classroom.
12 Alternatives To Letter Grades In Education
Live and personalized feedback is difficult and not sustainable for every assignment but can be powerful for critical learning objectives.
An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom
An Updated Guide to Questioning in the Classroom by TeachThought Staff Something we've become known for is our focus on thought, inquiry, and understanding, and questions are a big part ...
6 Design Principles Of Connected Learning
The Learning And Design Principles Of Connected Learning by TeachThought Staff No teacher should be hurting for compelling progressive education content. Sites like edutopia, Langwitches, Cult of Pedagogy, and dozens ...
20 Simple Assessment Strategies You Can Use Every Day
Here are 22 simple assessment strategies and tips to help you become more frequent in your teaching, planning, and curriculum design.
26 Sentence Stems For Higher-Level Conversation In The Classroom
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 ...
8 Ways For Teachers To Save Time In The Classroom
8 Ways For Teachers To Save Time In The Classroom contributed by Lila Daniels Teachers think about a lot during the course of a school day -- from planning lessons ...
31 Surprising Facts About Learning
Psychologists are drawing the conclusion that early learning structured around direct teaching not only inhibits creativity, but stunts a child’s curiosity.
7 Characteristics Of Teachers Who Effectively Use Technology
Teachers who effectively use technology in the classroom have one thing in common: They care more about learning than the tools that cause it.
