12 Questions To Help Students See Themselves As Thinkers
Self-knowledge is formed through metacognition and basic epistemology. Here are 12 questions to help students see themselves as thinkers.v
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What Is CPTSD? My Experience
CPTSD is a complex, often debilitating response caused by events over a period of time–anywhere from months to an entire childhood.
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How To Learn Through Play: A Spectrum For Teachers
From genius hour to scripted curriculum, this model acts as a framework to illustrate how to teach through play.
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The Challenges Of Data-Based Teaching
How can you use data to improve your teaching? If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind.
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Why Your Students Aren’t Learning: 10 Performance Disruptors
Poor responses to data or simply not having enough time to plan are two possible reasons your students are struggling.
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Dear Parents: Here’s What You Should Know About Letter Grades
Letter grades don’t mean what you think they mean. In fact, they can fail to communicate important truths about your child’s learning.
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How To Help Students Learn From Anything
What/who is the most compelling, ongoing catalyst for helping students learn in your classroom? If it’s the teacher, you’re in trouble.
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The Problem With Predicting The Future Education
Every year there would be a new mandate from the district whose primary agenda was teacher ‘buy-in’ rather than ‘students living better today for a better tomorrow.
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In Defense Of Absolute Literacy
We must speak, and teach our children to speak, a language precise and articulate and lively enough to tell the truth about the world as we know it.
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16 Questions To Help Students Brainstorm Project-Based Learning
Brainstorming for problem-based learning: Which ‘parts’ of the world would most benefit from my creativity, affection, and sustained effort?
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What To Do With A Student
At this point, accepted, protected, challenged, and aware, you can begin to agitate their thinking.
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Can Technology Replace Teachers?
Effective use of technology can reduce teacher workload, enable new instructional strategies, and improve student performance.
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Don’t Teach Kids How To Read, Teach Them Why
Increasingly, books aren’t thought of as entertainment or even as ways to learn; they are thought of in terms of their form: as books.
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It’s Time To Think Differently About Writing In The Classroom
Limiting the craft of writing in the classroom to a single content area has damaged the perceived power and potential of writing.
