What Close Reading Actually Means
The goal of close reading is to analyze the text and interpret why details–and the text itself–are significant.
Promoting STEM Critical Thinking Using Post-it® Super Sticky Notes
Here are ways teachers can use Post-it notes and other products to promote critical thinking in the classroom.
Less Tech, More Talk: Moving To A Discussion-Based Classroom
Students who are naturally outgoing and comfortable speaking in front of their peers are challenged to listen more and engage with introverted students.
GMOs: A Timely Inquiry-Based Learning Topic
Do we fully understand the long-term effects of science–and if we don’t, how should that change how we “practice science”?
What To Read Next: 100 Timeless Books, Poems, And Essays
What should you read next? Consider Aldous Huxley’s ‘Brave New World,’ Ray Bradbury’s ‘Fahrenheit 451,’ or Kurt Vonnegut’s ‘Player Piano.’
12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map
12 Literary Road Trips In A Single Map by TeachThought Staff Richard Kreitner and Steven Melendez over at atlasobscura recently shared a map you might want to take a look at. The map–and its hand-typed notes–represent an enormous effort, and the selections themselves some mighty fine taste in recent literature. There are over 1500 entries on the…
40 Important STEM Resources For Women
Although the American Association of University Women focuses on all of academia, closing the gender gap in STEM remains a priority.
Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers
8 Reasons Why Students Should Still Write Research Papers by Dorothy Mikuska There are plenty of reasons why the research paper is not assigned. They pretty much boil down to: perceived irrelevance of the assignment in light of modern publishing and technology widespread plagiarism teachers buried alive grading 10-page papers from 150 students (that’s 1500 pages…
How Technology Changed My Social Studies Classroom
How Technology Changed My Social Studies Classroom by Thomas Stanley One of the greatest experiences I have had in teaching World History is to create a blended-learning class that is based on using technology with thematic learning, in-class activities, and world projects. When students can physically and intellectually wrap themselves around a subject doing real-world…
Text Complexity? Helping Readers See The Whole Text
In this post we consider the appropriate text complexity to use in order to help students develop text comprehension.
How Deductive Thinking Can Drive Student-Designed Research
Deductive Thinking Can Drive Student-Designed Research by Jane Healey, Ph.D. I specialize in an odd subject—research. I teach students to select a subject area, pick a topic, craft a question, design a prospectus, follow through on the plans, adapt to obstacles and “interesting” findings, organize results, and create an appropriate outcome that matches the content and…
Preventing Youth Suicide Through Lessons Of Hope
Schools for Hope is a free curriculum designed to prevent youth suicide by sharing tools to find & maintain hope.
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