Teaching Resources For Sustainable, Innovative Teaching

The Perfect Test: 32 Characteristics Of Quality Assessment

If we can design anything–not just digitize multiple choice questions, but start from scratch — what would a quality assessment be like?

5 Movement Strategies That Get Kids Thinking contributed by Kenny McKee Each day more research confirms the link between movement

Teaching / June 25, 2018

The acceleration of machine intelligence makes it more important for humans to be critical thinkers, questioners & problem navigators.

Here are 25 quick tricks to improve a boring lesson so that students stay interested and engaged in the learning environment.

To tell a student ‘great job’ or ‘this needs work’ is a missed opportunity. Specific, quality learning feedback can change your teaching.

Classroom design impacts classroom management, curriculum needs, lesson and unit design, teacher personality, technology needs, etc.

Teaching / June 13, 2018 / Books

These books about learning present t a well-rounded look at learning and education, rather than strictly pedagogy or ed-reformy perspectives.

Self-confident and efficacious students are able to persevere in the face of obstacles and challenges.

Teaching / June 8, 2018 / Homework

What contributes to homework resistance? How can we better support students in not only completing, but learning from assigned homework?

What does it mean to be a teacher? We start out with the function of a teacher, and then begin to mix in ‘all the rest.’

Teaching / May 22, 2018

The Hamilton program was created to allow students to see the hit Broadway show “Hamilton,” and learn more about the Founding Era.

Understanding the brain’s structures, reactions to sensory input, and storage of information is crucial for understanding how people learn.