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What Are The Best Graphic Organizers For Promoting Critical Thinking?
What Are The Best Graphic Organizers For Promoting Critical Thinking? Graphic organizers may be one of the most accessible, adaptable, and underrated tools for promoting critical thinking. Think about it. They can be used for just about any purpose in the classroom,...
10 Thoughtful Ways To Improve Teacher Mental Health
10 Thoughtful Ways To Improve Teacher Mental Health We're well into Year 2 of overhauling the public education system as we know it in response to the COVID-19 crisis. While teachers did the best they could to transition to online learning in the 2020-2021...
50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education
50 Crazy Ideas To Change Education by Terry Heick Below are 50 ideas for a new education. Note, most of these are about education as a system rather than learning itself, but that's okay. It's often the infrastructure of learning that obscures anyway. Few of them may...
50 Everyday Formative Assessment Strategies
What Are Simple Formative Assessment Strategies For Learning? As frequently as a chef needs to check a dish for taste, teachers should check for understanding by using intentional formative assessment strategies. These can be formal--formative or summative assessment,...
The Benefits Of STEM Teaching In Closing Opportunity Gaps
How Democratized STEM Teaching Can Close Opportunity Gaps contributed by Catherine Stein There’s little doubt that students with strong STEM skills will have greater opportunities. The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts an 8% increase in STEM jobs...
Keeping It Simple: 10 Timeless Fundamentals Of Teaching
Keeping It Simple: 10 Timeless Fundamentals Of Teaching contributed by Justin Marquis, Ph. D "Those who can’t do, teach." –Anonymous As someone with a teaching license who has also taught at the university level, I have always found this offhanded dismissal of...
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