Tone In Teaching: 20 Words That Can Change How Students Think
Tone affects how students see themselves and their role in the learning process. The words you use when interacting with students can have a lasting impact.
Tag: Student Engagement
8 Ways To Create A Brain-Friendly Classroom
How can you create a classroom that works in a way the brain 'likes' to learn?
Developing Confident Students Using Gradual Release Of Responsibility
To use the Gradual Release of Responsibility model, students need to see others using it and who better to model it but you?
From Procedural Knowledge To Self Knowledge: The 4 Stages Of Curiosity
The first level of curiosity and engagement is when students are primarily concerned with procedural knowledge: What they're supposed to do and how.
The Definition Of Intrinsic Motivation
The Definition Of Intrinsic Motivation by TeachThought Staff A decent working definition of intrinsic motivation is "motivation that stems directly from an action rather than a reward." Teachers often think ...
How We Think About Education
Students Aren't Products: How We Think About Education by Terry Heick This post has been updated and republished from a previous version Now almost two decades into the 21st-century, we ...
8 Of Our Most Popular Articles About Student Engagement
8 Of Our Most Popular Articles About Student Engagement by TeachThought Staff Student engagement is often sought and sometimes achieved but difficult to sustain. There are a variety of reasons why ...
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 ...
A Comprehensive Gamification Framework For Human Motivation
A Comprehensive Gamification Framework For Human Motivation by Terry Heick When researching student motivation and gamification a few years ago, I came across the most comprehensive gamification framework I've ever seen. ...
Teaching Is Establishing The Need To Know
Teaching Is Establishing The Need To Know by Terry Heick Ed note: This has been updated from a 2014 post by the author The above image comes from a presentation ...
50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child
50 Things You Can Say To Encourage A Child by TeachThought Staff There are many ways to encourage a child, but for students of any age, honest, authentic, and persistent ...
15 Interesting Ways To Start Class Tomorrow
The best part of 'Count to 10' is that it gives students who may not be the 'best' at other things a chance to win. If less than 90% of ...
20 Tips To Promote A Self-Directed Classroom Culture
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 ...
5 Ways To Engage Reluctant Learners
5 Ways To Engage Reluctant Learners contributed by Kristina J. Doubet, Ph.D and Jessica A. Hockett, Ph.D. We’ve all been there. Slumped bodies, rolled eyes, defiant words, and off-task behaviors ...
Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach
Every Classroom Is A Team And Every Teacher Is A Coach contributed by Molly Bruzewski, Ed.S. This is a 2-part series on strategies for promoting a team approach to academic ...
Too Much Sitting? 5 Movement Strategies That Get Students Thinking
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 ...
The Science Of Classroom Design (Graphic)
The Science Of Classroom Design (Graphic) by TeachThought Staff There is an art and science to teaching, and certainly to curriculum and assessment. And classroom management. And student engagement. And ...
6 Signs You’re Creating Confident Students
Are You Creating Confident Students? by Terry Heick One approach to great teaching is facilitation: decentering yourself. Standing to the side, out of the students' way, and moving to more ...
