Critical Thinking
Whether via classroom discussions, analysis of written text, higher-order questioning, or other strategies, learn and share ways to help students go deeper with their thinking.
Shifting Your Approach to Teaching Math Word Problems
These strategies help teachers focus on building students’ language comprehension skills during math lessons.Using Picture Books to Teach Children About Large Numbers
These strategies help elementary students grapple with the very large numbers involved in talking about time and space.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Exploring Before Explaining Sparks Learning
New elementary science teachers can build student engagement and enhance learning by using the explore-before-explain approach.Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teaching Students About Corporate Influences in a Curriculum
By uncovering any hidden interests in a curriculum, teachers can open important discussions about media literacy with students.104Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Tips for Using Graphic Organizers in Elementary Math
An education specialist shares her step-by-step guide, which has helped her students better utilize visual supports.16 Variations on Think-Pair-Share to Keep Students Engaged
Teachers and students use this classic learning strategy often. To keep it from getting stale, try these tweaks.Designing a Course That Develops Students’ Metacognition
By shifting their focus to the process of learning instead of the product, students are encouraged to develop critical cognitive competencies.What a 30-Day Break From AI Taught Me About My Teaching
Using AI had become second nature for this educator. A month without the tools gave him an opportunity to pause, reflect, and recalibrate.AI Tool Demo: Canva’s Text-to-Image Generator
Assistant editor Daniel Leonard shows how teachers are using Canva’s AI image generator to create fun writing prompts and engaging history-oriented images.7 Ways to Show Students Their Academic Growth
Teacher-tested, motivating activities that get students out of their own performance loop and make learning visible—even when they struggle to see the forest for the trees.A Triangular Approach to Science Instruction
Combining science literacy, data science, and hands-on learning helps get elementary students engaged in science lessons.
Why Students Should Write in All Subjects
Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.19.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Student Self-Reflection Strategies After They Finish an Assignment
Teachers can use these ideas to gauge students’ confidence and see if they accurately understand how much they’re learning.Teaching Teens How to Separate Fact From Fiction
When students study their region’s scariest urban legends, they learn about oral history—and how to look for kernels of truth from the past.How to Move From the ‘Main Idea’ to ‘Background Knowledge’
Traditional approaches to reading instruction—such as finding the “main idea”—are less effective than a knowledge-rich approach, the research shows.
