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An Updated Guide To Robust PBL

Feb 26, 2020 | PBL

An Updated Guide To Robust PBL by Drew Perkins, Director of TeachThought PD Definition of robust (www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/robust) 1a: having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health b: having or showing vigor, strength, or firmness c: strongly...

How To Make A Student Give Up

Feb 19, 2020 | Shift

How To Make A Student Give Up by Terry Heick Years ago (in a post I recently updated), I talked about how to kill a student's curiosity. I thought maybe I could follow up with some quick thoughts on how to make a student give up should that become useful for whatever...

The 4 Cs: A Framework For Improving Math Skills

Feb 12, 2020 | Teaching

The 4 Cs: A Framework For Improving Math Skills contributed by Anastasia Betts, VP Curriculum Planning and Design at Age of Learning The U.S. is lagging behind in math literacy. According to the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA), American teens are...

Flipping Lesson Design: Moving The Learning Objective To The End

Feb 8, 2020 | Shift, Teaching

Flipping Lesson Design: Moving The Learning Objective To The End by TeachThought Staff There would be few teachers haven’t been advised to publish lesson objectives at the beginning of every lesson. After all, this is a signal for students where the learning is going,...

What Is Edcamp? An Overview For Teachers

Feb 4, 2020 | Leadership

What Is Edcamp? An Overview For Teachers by TeachThought Staff What is Edcamp? In summary, Edcamp is a low-cost, 'bottom-up' approach to teacher improvement where 'conference' participants gather, decide what's going to be learned, then set out to teach one another in...