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5 Psychology-Based Strategies That Help Students Learn

Psychology-based strategies that help students learn include modeling, student choice, and a clear sense of progress in the learning process.

When seeking to develop skills, feedback (and it must be timely) is only useful if it informs the student what areas need to be worked on.

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Literacy / August 23, 2018

A simple way for students to build background knowledge and improve literacy skills, here are 10 ways to use ReadWorks in the classroom.

At a recent teachers conference, one of the most astute comments was ‘you can assess without testing.’ There are many ways to assess.

When a task feels overwhelming, the ‘I can,’ quickly falls apart. Teach students how to break down a big project into miniature steps.

Teaching / August 12, 2018 / New Teacher

Want To Get To Know Your Students? Ask The Right Questions. contributed by Dawn Casey-Rowe, Teacher It’s back to school

Advances in neuroscience & the capacity to investigate the functioning of the brain have really enabled us to see what happens when we learn.

ASMR is “Autonomous Soothing Meridian Response,’ and means being soothed by sounds and textures not generally considered soothing.

Everyone agrees that parental involvement in student learning is important, and in fact a key factor in their success.

While there are no magic bullets, certain principles & strategies can harness the intrinsic motivation that lies at the heart of each learner.

At TeachThought, we love learning through video games, and Civilization VI is one of our favorite games to learn with and through.