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Rethinking Learning Loss

Rethinking Learning Loss: When Students Don’t Use What They Learn

ByTerry HeickJul 16, 2025

When rethinking learning loss, we should consider ‘transferability’ of knowledge to student life.

What Is Social Media Stalking?

What Is Social Media Stalking?

ByTeachThought StaffJul 16, 2025

Social media stalking is repeated, unwanted monitoring of someoneโ€™s posts, messages, or activity that causes discomfort or fear and may escalate to harassment.

Teaching Career-Ready Writing: Helping Students Choose the Right Resume Structure

Teaching Career-Ready Writing: Helping Students Choose the Right Resume Structure

ByTeachThought StaffJul 14, 2025

Teaching Career-Ready Writing: Helping Students Choose the Right Resume Structure A resume is not a template to fill. It is a short, high-stakes argument. In seconds, a reader decides whether the evidence you have chosen, and the way you have arranged it, signals…

John Dewey Quotes

When Schools And Parents Don’t Talk

Terry HeickJun 6, 20243 min read

Communities don’t understand teaching and learning? Education doesn’t know what communities really need? This seems like an opportunity.

guide to questioning in the classroom

An Updated Guide To Questioning In The Classroom

Terry HeickJun 5, 202412 min read

This guide to questioning in the classroom views questions as signs of understanding, not ignorance–the ability to see what you’re missing.

What Students Will Learn: 8 Responsive Content Areas Of The Future

What Students Will Learn: 8 Responsive Content Areas Of The Future

Terry HeickMay 29, 20247 min read

This doesn’t mean we won’t teach math or reading in the future. However, we might reframe what we teach and how and why we teach it.

50 Learning Reflection Questions For Students

50 Learning Reflection Questions For Students

Terry HeickMay 21, 20247 min read

Were you an active or a passive learner? Of what you learned today, what are you most comfortable with and what is still ‘iffy’?

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How to Create Engaging and Interactive Lessons With Technology

TeachThought StaffMay 17, 20246 min read

Education has gone beyond acquiring knowledge to acquiring skills using EdTech tools; students learn digital literacy, teamwork, and critical thinking skills. Using technology in learning also enhances the student’s ability to appreciate and ponder on issues in a previously deemed…

15 reflection strategies to help students retain what you just taught them

15 Activities To Help Students Review And Retain New Information

Terry HeickMay 16, 20248 min read

By asking students to leave a little learning on a chair by the door on the way out of the classoom, exit slips are an easy way to reflect on learning.

14 Ways To Help Students Build Confidence

14 Ways To Help Students Build Confidence

Terry HeickMay 15, 20247 min read

‘Believing in students’ isn’t enough–they have to have sufficient knowledge or experience with ideas and skills to ‘do well in school.’

TeachThought Is Looking For Interns. (Again.)

TeachThought Is Looking For Interns. (Again.)

TeachThought StaffMay 10, 20243 min read

Our interns do a mix of things–some fun and self-directed and open-ended; some small, some large. Some clerical. Mostly writing content.

Quotes About Reading

50 Of The Best Quotes About Reading

TeachThought StaffApr 28, 20245 min read

“Reading gives us someplace to go when we have to stay where we are.”

The Benefits Of Meditation In The Classroom

The Benefits Of Meditation In The Classroom

TeachThought StaffApr 28, 20249 min read

Benefits of meditation in the classroom include reduced stress, improved concentration, and emotional regulation.