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.
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Middle & High School
Middle & high school-related issues will be featured here. We consider grades 6-8 to make up middle school, and grades 9-12 to make up high school.
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.
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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.
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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”?
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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.’
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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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