Teacher Clarity: Understanding How Learners Learn
Teacher Clarity: Understanding How Learners Learn
Empower students with powerful learning approaches involves strategies for implementation like encourage self-assessment and providing choices for students.
Bullying and Glasses in Schools Bullying often happens at school, and children who wear glasses are common targets. It can be verbal, physical, or both, and it often happens at school according to NVISION. According to the U.S. Department of…
Building Sense of Belonging Building a sense of belonging is a strong sense of connection to a group or community. Feeling respected and accepted, having a sense of group purpose, and being part of a bigger system are ways to…
Introduction To build better rubrics, it needs to be high quality. According to Karin Hess, author of “6 Key Questions to Better Rubrics”, 3 important qualities of a better rubric are: Creating a better rubric is more than slapping expectations…
Introduction To build commitment to learning in students, you need buy-in from students and staff with school vision, values, and goals. School functioning as Professional Learning Communities uses their mission, vision, values, and goals as successful businesses use Big, Hairy,…
Learning Something New Defined Learning something new or inquiry-based learning is about triggering curiosity and tailoring your curriculum to what your students are interested in. Heather Wolpert-Gawron, author of the article “What the Heck is Inquiry-Based Learning?“. notes Inquiry-Based Learning…
Introduction Have you ever faced this struggle: should I focus on academic content or boost social emotional character development? I am sure educators have encountered this dilemma many times, including myself. With no guidance on the topic, it is hard…
The Building Blocks of Project-Based Learning Lesson Plan Check List for PBL Jennifer Pieratt, author of Project-Based Learning: Assessment and Other Dirty Words, provided some tips to help you integrate assessment best practices into your projects, while also helping you…
Project Based Learning Defined Project based learning is “a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning important knowledge and 21st century skills through an extended student-influenced inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and learning…
Introduction The difference between the “look” and “sound” of ownership in learning lies in the outward manifestations of student engagement and responsibility. The “look” of ownership refers to the observable actions and behaviors, such as proactive participation, evaluation of own…
Effective Instructional Practices In today’s changing school environment, it is important to ensure students learn. Learning is a process that needs good teaching methods that fit each student’s needs. This blog post will talk about instructional practices. It will show…
Effective Instruction According to the article “The Elements of Effective Instruction” by the Great Schools Partnership, five key elements of instructional practice work hand in hand to boost student engagement, ultimately leading to enhanced student outcomes and achievements. These elements…
High Levels of Learning In her book, Rigor is Not a Four Letter Word, Barbara Blackburn outlines five essential traits of High Levels of Learning, or Rigor: High Expectations At the start of new school year we are busy with…
Introduction The promise of ownership in learning looks at three things about ownership of learning and the benefits of ownership of learning. This serves as an introduction to the difference of look and sound in the classroom. So, you, the…
Two Key Components Two Components in Path to Rigor The Path to Rigor has two components-complexity and autonomy. This is according to authors Carla Moore, Michael D Toth, and Robert J Marzano, The Essentials for Standards-Driven Classrooms. Complexity, authors define,…
Introduction Strengthen student engagement, author Dr. Richard D Jones, is based on Engagement-Based Learning and Teaching. It is an approach that provides the foundation for developing and strengthening student engagement and the learning process. Dr. Jones built the foundation through…
The 6 Ways to Make Thinking Visible A Powerful Practice are, according to Ron Ritchhart and Mark Church authors of the The Power of Making Thinking Visible: Ritchhart and Church examine what is it about making Thinking Visible practices that…