The Best Source Of Education Research Is Your Classroom
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Education research is great, but it has nothing on what you are able to see every day within your classroom.
Fundamentals
These articles relate to what we refer to as the fundamentals of education — basic perspectives, practices, and professional behaviors we view our essential to good teaching.
22 Strategies For Learning Through Conversation
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In addition to talking to each other in these strategies for learning through conversation, students talk to ideas–and the ideas talk back.
Audience And Purpose: Who Are You Teaching And Why?
Audience And Purpose: Who Are You Teaching And Why? Read More
Audience and purpose are elemental. They have to come first or none of it makes any sense. Who are you teaching, and why? Who exactly, and why exactly?
15 Common Mistakes Teachers Make Teaching With Technology
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While technology is an incredibly potent learning tool, poorly-implemented, it can act as a barrier to understanding more than something that improves it.
10 Dos & Don’ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area
10 Dos & Don’ts For Teaching Vocabulary In Any Content Area Read More
Teach students morphological strategies to figure out words they do not know, in addition to context-clue strategies.
The Difference Between Assessment Of And Assessment For Learning
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Assessment for learning is commonly referred to as formative assessment–that is, assessment designed to inform instruction.
8 Ways To Help Students Improve Their Academic Reading
8 Ways To Help Students Improve Their Academic Reading Read More
What is ‘academic reading’? And do my students know exactly what to do when they struggle with it both in and outside of the classroom?
10 Benefits Of Inquiry-Based Learning
10 Benefits Of Inquiry-Based Learning Read More
Among the benefits of inquiry-based learning, requiring the student to take an active role in the process may be the most significant.