What Is Mistake Literacy? The Research Of Learning Through Failure
contributed by Dr. Zak Cohen From Mistakes to Mastery: A Roadmap for Developing Mistake-Literate Learners In 2009, President Obama spoke to a group of students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. As someone who had readily and unabashedly admitted…
25 Of The Best Math Resources [Updated]
What Are The Best Math Resources? [Updated] by TeachThought Staff What are the best math resources? Because of the skill-based nature of mathematics in general, math resources pair especially well with digital tools like apps and websites. On these kinds…
8 Things Students Need In Modern Project-Based Learning
What Do Students Need In Project-Based Learning? by Terry Heick We recently offered a definition of project-based learning and looked at keys to designing Project-Based Learning. We also have looked at the difference between ‘doing projects’ and project-based learning, various project-based…
What Role Does Empathy Play In Learning?
How Empathy Affects–And Improves–Teaching And Learning by Terry Heick So much talk about empathy in education recently. Why? What’s the big idea? The role of empathy in learning has to do with the flow of both information and creativity. A…
Resources For Teaching With Bloom’s Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy was a remarkable attempt to create a system of learning that focuses on how people learn and organize content around those natural aptitudes. Created by Benjamin Bloom in 1956, Bloom’s Taxonomy offered a method and structure to think about…
18 Inconvenient Truths About Assessment Of Learning
Assessment of Learning: 18 Inconvenient Truths by Terry Heick I. In terms of pedagogy, the primary purpose of an assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. It should provide an obvious answer to the question, “So? So what?…
The Pedagogy Of John Dewey: A Summary
John Dewey’s Pedagogy: A Summary by TeachThought Staff What did John Dewey believe about education? What were his views on experiential and interactive learning and their role in teaching and learning? As always, there’s a lot to understand. John Dewey…