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15 Mental Health Tips For Teachers

ByTerry HeickOct 15, 2025

One mental health tip for teachers? As much as possible, set clear boundaries between school and home life.

teaching students to see quality

Teaching Students To See Quality

ByTerry HeickOct 13, 2025

So what does quality have to do with learning? Quite a bit, it turns out. And it starts out with helping students understand what it means.

What Is Critical Reading

What Is Critical Reading? A Definition For Learning

ByTerry HeickOct 12, 2025

Critical reading is reading with the purpose of critical examination of the text and its implicit and explicit themes and ideas.

10 strategies to empower learners

30 Of The Best Video Editors

TeachThought StaffOct 10, 20254 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 Kโ€“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 HeickOct 10, 202510 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 StaffOct 9, 202510 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 HeickOct 8, 20256 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 HeickOct 6, 20256 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 HeickOct 6, 20256 min read

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

Teaching Critical Thinking Starts With The Student

Teaching Critical Thinking Starts With The Student

Terry HeickOct 3, 20255 min read

Out of all of the ideas and circumstances and knowledge and information that you encounter on a daily basis, what’s worth understanding?

Teacher tools to create online assessments

20 Teacher Tools To Create Online Assessments [Updated]

TeachThought StaffOct 3, 20259 min read

Teacher tools to create online assessments: Google Forms for quick quizzes, Socrative for live checks, and Edulastic for standards-aligned tests.

educational apps to create

12 Educational Apps To Create Digital Portfolios

TeachThought StaffOct 3, 20255 min read

Digital portfolios are becoming increasingly popular in classrooms across the US — here are 8 educational apps to create digital portfolios.

Grade level conversion chart

A Conversion Chart For Reading Level Measurement Tools

TeachThought StaffOct 3, 20253 min read

Reading level measurements aren’t perfect and neither are the conversions but as a general guide, it’s a handy tool to keep around.