- Inquiry-Based Learning
Encouraging Students’ Curiosity With Animal Observations
Observing animals provides an engaging way for students to build their critical thinking skills and curiosity.Your content has been saved!
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Adapting HyperDocs to Help All Students Learn
By embedding all materials and links in one place, HyperDocs provide students with an accessible learning experience.Your content has been saved!
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Using Community Circles to Boost School Culture
Consistent large-group gatherings can help students learn how to build strong relationships with their peers and teachers. - Collaborative Learning
60-Second Strategy: Sage and Scribe
In addition to dedicated time to practice a skill, this cooperative learning activity provides an opportunity for peer feedback.Your content has been saved!
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8 Small But Impactful Classroom Management Shifts
How using subtle gestures, spatial awareness, and tone of voice can nudge your classroom toward smoother operations. - Student Wellness
3 Ways to Help Students Build Attention Stamina
These simple tools and strategies can improve focus in the classroom. - Classroom Management
Question: How Do You Calm a Chaotic Middle or High School Classroom?
When the energy in the room is too high or off track, what strategies help you reset and refocus your students? If this is a challenge you struggle with, check out the comments. - Teacher Wellness
Coping With Grief as an Educator
When this administrator’s life was thrown off balance by grief, he realized that all educators need a plan to get the support they need to heal.128Your content has been saved!
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Keeping Students Engaged During Long Class Periods
By chunking class time using gradual release of responsibility, teachers can vary their teaching strategies to help students maintain focus. - Assessment
Tyler Rablin on Ditching Old Assessment Systems to Build Student Motivation
Frustrated by the narrow lens of traditional grading, this instructional coach and former English teacher redesigned his grade book to encourage authentic student buy-in.
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- Communication Skills
Why Students Don’t Ask for Help—and How to Change That
These three simple shifts can help students realize that asking for help is an expectation in your class and boost their self-efficacy. - ChatGPT & Generative AI
When Students Use AI in Ways They Shouldn’t
Here are some ways teachers can respond when students don’t follow classroom guidelines for using AI. - Critical Thinking
Encouraging Students to Use Notes for Sense-Making
Middle school teachers can use these strategies to help students learn how to get the most value out of their notes.1.8kYour content has been saved!
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Supporting Teens With Mental Health Issues
A teacher working in a mental health facility shares strategies that general education teachers can use to ease students’ anxiety and frustration so they can focus on learning.792Your content has been saved!
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Facing Cell Phone Distractions Head-On
When students—and teachers—aren’t distracted by cell phones, everyone can focus on learning. Here’s how one teacher came up with a system that works.
- Project-Based Learning (PBL)
4 Benefits of Using Podcasting as a PBL Project
Relevant in any content area, podcasts present an engaging way for students to demonstrate their learning. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
How to Simplify PBL Planning With AI
AI can help teachers save time in creating meaningful project-based learning opportunities for students. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
Culminating Art Projects That Boost Students’ Confidence
At the end of the year, high school students enjoy the opportunity to create a final product dictated by their own interests. - Project-Based Learning (PBL)
A Curation Project to End the School Year
Teachers can give students a creative opportunity to use their analytical skills and make meaningful connections to different forms of media. - Community Partnerships
Finding Community Partners for PBL
Here’s how to locate experts willing and eager to share their expertise and bring real-life experience to project-based learning.144Your content has been saved!
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- Brain-Based Learning
How to Help Students Avoid Procrastinating
A simple strategy can help students map out their assignments in manageable chunks so they can stay on top of their work. - Brain-Based Learning
A Strategy for Flexible Thinking
Taking a break when they hit a rough patch can help students self-regulate and learn how to face challenges with confidence.303Your content has been saved!
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Creating Moments of Connection With All Students
Creating a sense of belonging and safety for each student is foundational to fostering a learning environment.254Your content has been saved!
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The Power of Multimodal Learning (in 5 Charts)
When students engage multiple senses to learn—drawing or acting out a concept, for example—they’re more likely to remember and develop a deeper understanding of the material, a large body of research shows. - Research
7 Learning Myths Your Students Probably Believe
From left- and right-brain thinking to the notion that talent beats persistence, these common myths can hinder student learning. Here’s how teachers can help.
- New Teachers
Unit Planning With the Goal in Mind
This strategy can help new teachers develop a successful unit plan so that students meet the learning goals.159Your content has been saved!
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What to Do When Your Lesson Goes Kaput
Teacher-tested strategies for handling instructional snafus—including when to call it quits on a lesson and regroup. - Teaching Strategies
How Letting Go of Perfectionism Made Me a Better Teacher
Shifting the focus of a classroom from performance to process means embracing mistakes as a necessary part of learning.332Your content has been saved!
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Modeling Emotional Regulation to Support Students’ Growth
Teachers and school leaders can demonstrate valuable social and emotional learning skills through their actions.318Your content has been saved!
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Supporting Early-Career Educators in Using Edtech
School leaders can use this guidance to help new teachers use educational technology appropriately and effectively.186Your content has been saved!
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