14 Effective Teaching Strategies For Inquiry-Based Learning
One obvious way to promote inquiry learning in your classroom is to design lessons and units that benefit from, promote, or require it.
Terry Heick
How To Create More Authentic Writing Assignments For Students
Authentic writing assignments should have a clear purpose and audience in mind–ideally a ‘resistant’ audience they must work to engage.
25 Sentence Stems To Help Children Develop A Growth Mindset
Growth mindset sentence stems model the language, tone, and patterns that can lead to the development of a growth mindset over time.
So I Think I Figured Out The Source Of All Human Suffering
The source of all human suffering has something to do with loneliness–our systems pit us against one another under this illusion of competition.
What Is Question-Based Learning?
Question-based learning is a type of inquiry where the learner is guided by forming and refining a guiding question (or questions).
16 Characteristics Of A Critical Thinking Classroom
Humility is the core of critical thinking. It says, ‘I don’t know enough to have an informed opinion’ or ‘Let’s learn to reduce uncertainty.’
11 Underlying Assumptions Of Digital Literacy
In understanding the shift from literacy to digital literacy, it may help to take a look at the underlying assumptions of digital literacy.
30 Examples Of Technology In Education
Examples of education technology include mobile devices, adaptive learning algorithms, the cloud, podcasting, and virtual reality.
Knowledge Is Power And Teaching Is The Fuel
Teachers are professionals and their ‘clients’ are children and their function is teaching and their craft is understanding.
How Do You Teach Social-Emotional Learning?
Social-emotional learning is part of the bedrock of critical literacy: helping them care enough to change themselves.
Using The 3-2-1 Learning Strategy For Critical Thinking
The 3-2-1 strategy is a simple way to frame a topic or task, making it useful for anything from discussion prompts to inquiry learning.
The Simplest Way To Slow The Summer Slide
Slowing the ‘summer slide’ through daily reading, writing, and ‘playing’ supports children in developing learning habits that endure.