2 minds of education

The Two Minds Of An Educator

ByTerry HeickOct 27, 2025

The need to be rational collides with the enormous complexity and scale of the circumstances teachers face.

32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies

32 Research-Based Instructional Strategies

ByTeachThought StaffOct 24, 2025

These 32 research-based instructional strategies include Setting Objectives and Reinforcing Effort/Providing Recognition.

What Is 3 Before Me Teaching Strategy

What Is 3 Before Me?

ByTeachThought StaffOct 22, 2025

‘3 Before Me’ requires that when students are stuck, they must first try to solve the problem in 3 different ways before asking the teacher.

10 strategies to empower learners

30 Of The Best Video Editors

TeachThought Staff Oct 10, 2025 4 min read

What Are The Best Video Editors For The Classroom? Best Video Editing Tools For Teachers And Students (2025) From quick classroom projects to advanced productions, these editors cover K–20 needs. (Links checked October 14, 2025.) Best Free Video Editors DaVinci…

correcting the deficit in critical thinking

Correcting The Deficit In Critical Thinking

Terry Heick Oct 10, 2025 10 min read

We can address a deficit of critical thinking by embedding into the architecture of education. This can be accomplished in any number of ways.

Piagets Stages Of Cognitive Develpment

Piaget Learning Theory: Stages Of Cognitive Development

TeachThought Staff Oct 9, 2025 10 min read

Piaget’s stages of cognitive development include the sensorimotor, preoperational, concrete operational, and formal operational stage.

TeachThought Understanding Taxonomy

6 Domains Of Cognition: The Heick Learning Taxonomy

Terry Heick Oct 8, 2025 6 min read

The Heick Learning Taxonomy can be used to guide planning, assessment, curriculum design, and self-directed learning.

Why students think they dislike reading

Why So Many Students Think They Dislike Reading

Terry Heick Oct 6, 2025 6 min read

Reading is personal but we often focus on the mechanics instead of the people and the strategies instead of the living and breathing happening around us.

Shifting The Focus From Perceived Quality To Effect

8 Strategies Your Teaching More Enjoyable This Year

Terry Heick Oct 6, 2025 6 min read

Social-Emotional Teaching is every bit as important as Social-Emotional Learning. Teaching matters and teachers matter