What Works In Education And How Do We Know?
What works in education and how do we know? What do we know an idea is ‘good’? Letter grades? Test performance? Graduation Rates?
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Cognitive Transfer: 14 Ways Students Can Transfer Knowledge
Understanding the value of information is the core of transfer. These categories include 14 ways students can transfer knowledge.
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6 Domains Of Cognition: The Heick Learning Taxonomy
The Heick Learning Taxonomy can be used to guide planning, assessment, curriculum design, and self-directed learning.
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Becoming Innovative: 15 New Ideas Every Teacher Should Try
Looking for new and innovative ideas for your teaching? Here are 15 examples to get you started.
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What Happens When Students Use Technology Better Than Teachers?
Truth be told, students are geniuses with technology. Born hackers. And of course they are better than teachers. They’re digital natives.
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Misunderstanding The Gradual Release Of Responsibility Framework
Assess the extent to which students, unprompted, use the strategies when reading new text before ‘releasing responsibility.’
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The Real Problem With Multiple-Choice Questions
The real problem with multiple-choice questions isn’t assessment design as much as it is function and tone–and these things matter.
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How Google Impacts The Way Students Think
By ignoring the phases of inquiry learning, premature Googlers often find the information they want rather than the information they need.
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Why All Ed Reform Fails
In ed reform, we train our sights on the wrong targets, hoping to improve curriculum, assessment & schools via plans, policy & standards.
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Learning Is Non-Linear. Why Not Curriculum?
While we think in a linear way, learning is non-linear. Curriculum must center real-life problems & issues, vs. a linear set of competencies.
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Why Some Teachers Are Against Technology In Education
he way forward, then, might just be a more nuanced discussion about how people learn, and what role technology can play in that process.
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Are You Teaching Content Or Teaching Thought?
If our curriculum is thinking, if our job is (excuse the convenient phrasing) teaching thought, our goals as educators change.
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