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“Unconditional Positive Regard” - What Students Need From Schools
Cult of Pedagogy - 9/18/23

“Venet explains that unconditional positive regard is a stance that communicates this message to students: “I care about you. You have value. You don’t have to do anything to prove it to me, and nothing’s going to change my mind.” In her book, she asserts that taking this stance and putting it into practice builds the foundation on which our students can thrive. And the more I learned about it, the more I was sold on its value.”
Is One-Size-Fits-All Better Than Personalized Learning? Maybe So.
Hechinger Report - 9/11/23

“Another surprising result is that students, on average, benefited from solving the same problems, without assigning easier ones to weaker students and harder ones to stronger students… when 30 students are each working on 20 different, customized problems, it’s a lot harder to figure out which of those 600 problems should be reviewed in class. There are other advantages to having a class work on a common set of problems. It allows kids to work together, something that motivates many extroverted tweens and teens to do their homework. It can also trigger worthwhile class discussions, in which students explain how they solved the same problem differently.”
Debate Vs. Discussion/Dialogue: An Excellent Frame And Resource Guide
Middle Web - 7/31/23

“The most common way of discussing current and controversial topics is the classroom debate. While I enjoy good debates, they might not be accomplishing what we want them to, and unless we take the time to build foundational skills and dispositions they might actually be getting in our way… There are other effective dialogic models available, but what they all have in common is an emphasis on student voice, listening, comprehending opposing views, and validating the lived experiences and values of others even though they may differ from our own. These are skills that we and democracies around the globe need to address the current crisis, prove that Dr. Rosenberg is wrong, and demonstrate that a bright future for democracy is still possible.”
Harvard Student Best Shows Reality Of ChatGPT In Schools. Get Ready.
Slow Boring - 7/18/23

“ChatGPT has made cheating so simple — and for now, so hard to catch — that I expect many students will use it when writing essays. Currently about 60% of college students admit to cheating in some form, and last year 30% used ChatGPT for schoolwork. That was only in the first year of the model’s launch to the public. As it improves and develops a reputation for high-quality writing, this usage will increase. Next year, if college students are willing to use ChatGPT-4, they should be able to get passing grades on all of their essays with almost no work. In other words, ChatGPT-4 will eliminate Ds and Fs in the humanities and social sciences. And that’s only eight months after its release to the public — the technology is rapidly improving.”
Here’s 3 Ways A Middle School Teacher Used Generative A.I. Last Spring
Middle Web - 7/17/23

“In my three years of teaching this powerful text, this was the most rewarding. I had a mixture of creative sequels, vocabulary journals, research on thematic topics like censorship and control, and character analysis… Then, I asked it: Write a 500 word dystopian story taking place in Newark, New Jersey for 800 Lexile Level. I’ve even unpacked my units with it – gathering summaries, creating culminating projects of choice, and generating vocabulary from texts. Not only has this been informative for schema building, I’ve really been able to harness engagement from all learners. ChatGPT is my new recipe for differentiation.”

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The Current Opportunity Of Generative A.I.
e-Literate - 4/23/23

“To get this result, I had to draw on considerable prior knowledge. More importantly, I had to draw on significant language and critical thinking skills. Anyone who ever said that a philosophy degree like mine isn’t practical can eat my dust. Socrates was a prompt engineer. Most Western philosophers engage in some form of chain-of-thought prompting as a way of structuring their arguments. Skills and knowledge aren’t dead. Writing and thinking skills most certainly aren’t. Far from it. If you doubt me, ask ChatGPT, “How might teaching students about Socrates’ philosophy and method help them learn to become better prompt engineers?” See what it has to say.”
Should School Breathe Life Into Students Or Equip Them For The Future?
The Point - 2/13/23

“The issue with the will to equip, then, is not the desire to prepare students for the future, but the impoverishment of our educational imagination that so often accompanies it. In the grips of the equipage mentality, we forget, first, that the educational experiences of young people can carry their value in themselves and not only for the sake of something else outside of them, to be experienced later in life. Moreover, we tend to equate educational “success” with future material pleasures, won through the enjoyment of consumer goods, and afforded by maximally lucrative and socially respected occupations. These two tendencies are closely related: we have a circumscribed view of personal success in part because we overlook the kinds of goods that are already available to young people in the classroom.”
“High Performing Teachers With Low Tech Classrooms”
Larry Cuban - 2/4/23

“Both low-tech and high-tech machines can surely help students learn but it is the teacher’s lesson objectives, knowledge of the subject, rapport with students, and a willingness to push and support them that count greatly in what students learn rather than anything intrinsic within the devices used.”
“ChatGPT For Teachers” - The Best Guide I Have Seen For Teachers
Evan Dunne - 1/9/23

“In this short booklet, we will explore the various ways that ChatGPT can be used to enhance your teaching practice. I will provide tips and prompts for effectively implementing ChatGPT into your teaching practice and I will also discuss the potential problems that ChatGPT may create in the education sector.”
A Cognitive, Pedagogical Argument For Rote Learning
Law and Liberty - 11/21/22

“Practice a lot with writing, and eventually, you can write without worrying about punctuation. Practice a lot with arithmetic operations, and you can do them without conscious thought, allowing the brain to focus its deliberate, conscious thinking on more complex ideas.”
When To Record Video Lessons
Edutopia - 11/11/22

“Decades of research support the power of review and retrieval practice to reinforce learning. Inherently, video learning provides “a cost-effective, location-free method of flexible study, one that is available at all hours” and allows students to “view material repeatedly if necessary,” researchers explain in a comprehensive 2018 analysis that encompassed 270 studies on instructional videos.”
Does Teaching Better Question-Asking Help Foster Curiosity?
Harvard - 11/1/22

“I was expecting children in the question training to ask a lot more questions in the follow-up task and was hoping they might show some improvement of knowledge and some improvement of generalized curiosity/interest in science content as measured by the “willingness-to-pay” task. We did not see strong evidence that the question asking training taught children to simply ask more questions: Children in the question-asking condition did not ask more questions about a novel animal than children in the listening condition. However, we found a whopping effect on “willingness-to-pay.” Children in the question-asking training were willing to pay many more stickers for new science content than children in the careful listening condition. We also found that children in the question-asking condition gained marginally more science knowledge than the careful listeners. Furthermore, practice with question-asking was more beneficial for children with lower baseline knowledge, suggesting that question-asking shows promise for enhancing children’s motivation to learn and equalizing academic disparities.”
Rigor Without Support Misses The Needs Of Today’s Students
New York Times - 10/7/22

“Courses that are meant to distinguish between serious and unserious students, it has become clear, often do a better job distinguishing between students who have ample resources and those who don’t… Instead, universities should focus on the broader goal of teaching for equity and with empathy, which means ensuring that students get the support they need to learn and succeed, without petitions and even without having to ask.”
“What Mrs. Bailey Taught Me In A.P. History Changed My Life”
New York Times - 9/21/22

“Mrs. Bailey did more than tell us we could do it. She was not mere sunshine and encouragement. She forced us to have opinions and defend them. And she was not alone. She was part of a cadre of teachers known for genuinely trying to get us to engage with the material and ourselves. Mr. Crump had us fumbling around in Plato’s cave. Mrs. Carter taught us the art of stringing sentences together and making coherent arguments. Mrs. Miller introduced us to literature that posed the ultimate questions… Great teachers force us to wrestle with questions that have plagued philosophers, politicians, religious leaders, poets and scribes for millenniums.”
“How To Argue Well.” - On Debate And Polarization
New York Times - 9/11/22

“Some say competitive debate is a flawed model for healthy discourse, whether for domestic disputes or political disagreements. In an essay in The Dublin Review, the novelist Sally Rooney, a former champion debater, characterized formal debate as overly aggressive and possibly immoral. “For the purposes of this game, the emotional or relational aspects of argument are superfluous,” she wrote. The novelist Ben Lerner, who also spent years as a debater, an experience he drew from in his 2019 novel, “The Topeka School,” told me he had to unlearn the idea “that every conversation ended with a winner and a loser.””
On Civil Discussion In The Classroom
Chronicle of Higher Education - 8/29/22

“In order to create what Chik calls a “space of reasonability,” sometimes professors must let students practice “free-flowing speech,” even if it goes wrong, and create a classroom culture where the ensuing mistakes are treated as just that and not an act of malice.”
“How To Hold A Better Class Discussion” - A Deep Dive
Chronicle of Higher Education - 8/7/22

“Faculty members often assume it’s a matter of serendipity. The reality is that effective class discussions — much like effective lectures — are the result of careful planning. Students must do their part by coming to class ready to participate. But there are ways to increase the likelihood that they will be prepared, and to avoid the frustration of a sea of impassive faces.”
On Good Teaching: Can We Have Both High Achievement And High Engagement?
Hechinger Report - 7/11/22

“The academics found that there was often a tradeoff between “good teaching” where kids learn stuff and “good teaching” that kids enjoy. Teachers who were good at raising test scores tended to receive low student evaluations. Teachers with great student evaluations tended not to raise test scores all that much… It was rare, but the researchers managed to find six teachers among the 53 in the study that could do both types of good teaching simultaneously. Teachers who incorporated a lot of hands-on, active learning received high marks from students and raised test scores. These teachers often had students working together collaboratively in pairs or groups, using tactile objects to solve problems or play games. For example, one teacher had students use egg cartons and counters to find equivalent fractions. These doubly “good” teachers had another thing in common: they maintained orderly classrooms that were chock full of routines.”
“What Do Teachers Know About How Colleagues Teach: Part 2”
Larry Cuban - 7/9/22

“Lastly, there’s one more beneficial side-effect that comes from peer observation: having your students see you together. Something powerful happens when students see their teachers together. You become larger than the sum of your parts, stronger not only in number, but because this simple show of cooperation tells them you are united, which is an important message to send to kids. In the same way that children feel more secure when their parents are getting along, students feel something similar when they see us support each other.”
“What Do Teachers Know About How Colleagues Teach: Part 1”
Larry Cuban - 7/6/22

“Oh, and he also wanted us to observe each other using the strategies in our teaching. People FREAKED OUT. Not about having to read another book or try new strategies. It was the peer observation. Lost their ever-loving minds. “I don’t want someone else in my room looking for mistakes!” They said, all in a tizzy. “And I don’t want to be the observer either! Who am I to tell someone else what they’re doing wrong?” Eventually, because it was mandated, they had to get over it. But their initial response showed a lack of understanding for how truly amazing peer observation can be. If we can get past the discomfort, opening our doors to other teachers can be a fantastic source of professional development.”
8 Characteristics Of Effective Online Education
McKinsey - 10/18/21

“To better understand what these institutions are doing well, we surveyed academic research as well as the reported practices of more than 30 institutions, including both regulated degree-granting universities and nonregulated lifelong education providers… We found that, to engage most effectively with students, the leading online higher education institutions focus on eight dimensions of the learning experience. We have organized these into three overarching principles: create a seamless journey for students, adopt an engaging approach to teaching, and build a caring network (exhibit). In this article, we talk about these principles in the context of programs that are fully online, but they may be just as effective within hybrid programs in which students complete some courses online and some in person.”
“How To Design Better Tests, Based On The Research”
Edutopia - 10/15/21

“Other research on test design suggests that all too often, we’re not just assessing what students know, but also getting a peek into the psychological and cognitive eddies that disrupt a student’s thinking—a high-stakes test that causes anxiety can become a barometer of a student’s poise, rather than their knowledge. A well-designed test is rigorous and keeps implicit bias in check, while being mindful of the role that confidence, mindset, and anxiety play in test taking. Here are eight tips to create effective tests, based on a review of more than a dozen recent studies.”
Flipped Learning: A Meta-Analysis Of When And Why It Works
Brookings - 9/28/21

“Flipped learning was shown to be more effective than lecture-based learning across most disciplines. However, we found that flipped pedagogies produced the greatest academic and intra-/interpersonal benefits in language, technology, and health-science courses. Flipped learning may be a particularly good fit for these skills-based courses, because class time can be spent practicing and mastering these skills. Mathematics and engineering courses, on the other hand, demonstrated the smallest gains when implementing flipped pedagogies.”
A Handbook For Giving Excellent Feedback
Tang Institute - 9/25/21

“Giving feedback is one of the most important things we do as educators. Yet teachers rarely receive explicit, evidence-based guidance in how to do so. This document was created to help fill that gap. We hope that this resource will support teachers – as well as those who mentor them – by synthesizing academic research around feedback and offering actionable steps to help ensure that the time you spend giving feedback impacts student learning deeply.”
“Six Elements Of A Feedback Ecosystem”
Global Online Academy - 9/16/21

“Good feedback provides us with the information, the motivation, and the structure to learn deeply. As Grant Wiggins argues in “Seven Keys to Effective Feedback,” if we spent less time teaching and more time giving feedback and supporting students in applying it, students would learn more. While we know that feedback matters, we also struggle with how to ensure that it is effective while still being sustainable. One way to navigate this tension is to think of feedback not as a single, one-way communication from teacher to student, but rather as an ecosystem made up of different strategies that work together.”
“I Teach Math, And I Didn’t Give A Single Test Last Year. Here’s What I Learned.”
Blick Bytes - 8/6/21

“Keep scrolling for the long version, but here's the TL;DR: I’m not convinced that students’ recall of math facts or procedures was any better than they would have been with traditional tests; however, I found tremendous evidence indicating that most students understood the concepts and their connections because the assessments gave students agency while requiring them to justify their thinking in connected, authentic contexts. Furthermore, the vast majority of students improved their relationship with the subject because the assessments were more meaningful and less stressful than traditional tests.”
“20 Teacher Questions To Ask Over The Summer”
Ditch That Textbook - 6/3/21

“When we're ready to start thinking about teaching again, summer is the perfect time to do some big-picture thinking. We can reflect on and plan for bigger goals, plans, and strategies.”
What Does “Rigor” Mean?
NAIS - 6/1/21

“The dominant contemporary notion of academic rigor is the latter—it rests on the premise that difficulty is defined by a student’s workload rather than the depth and richness and intensity of the intellectual journey.”
Can Teachers Measure Student Engagement? Here Is An Excellent Summary.
Middle Web - 5/11/21

“While various theories of motivation and engagement have gained – and lost – traction over the years, one of the most widely accepted is the theory proposed by Fredricks, Blumenfeld, and Paris in 2004. It presents engagement as a mash-up of behavioral, emotional, and cognitive factors.”
“How Some Mistakes Can Be Generative”
KQED - 2/22/21

“For example, stretch mistakes are positive and may occur when a person is trying something difficult and doesn’t get it right the first time. Similarly, with aha-moment mistakes there are sparks of realization that happen when someone understands they’re missing important information. On the more negative side, sloppy mistakes are the ones made in a rushed or a distracted state of mind. Lastly, high-stakes mistakes are the ones that everyone wants to avoid because they cause harm.”
AP Courses With Project Based Learning Outperform Traditional Courses
Edutopia - 2/21/21

“In two gold-standard, randomized, controlled trials of thousands of students in diverse school systems across the U.S., project-based learning significantly outperformed traditional curricula, raising academic performance across grade levels, socioeconomic subgroups, and reading ability.”
Google Jamboard: Excellent For Online Collaboration And Whiteboard
History Tech - 1/28/21

“Originally created by Google to work with an interactive whiteboard (trust me, your school probably can’t afford the actual hardware), Jamboard software also works on laptops, Chromebooks, and mobile devices. Making it perfect as both a face to face and a remote instructional and learning tool… How might you use it? Here are five ways that Jamboard can save your bacon.”
David Brooks: “Nine Nonobvious Ways To Have Deeper Conversations”
New York Times - 11/19/20

“Deeper conversations help people become explicable to each other and themselves. You can’t really know yourself until you know how you express yourself and find yourself in another’s eyes. Deeper conversation builds trust, the oxygen of society, exactly what we’re missing right now.”
How To Teach When Only Half Your Class Is In The Room
Cult of Pedagogy - 9/29/20

“Before, a teacher only had to worry about meeting students where they were academically, socially, and emotionally. Now you literally have to figure out a way to meet them where they are… What I’d like to do in this post is curate some of the ways teachers have solved the problem of teaching students who are literally all over the place.”
Sal Khan On What Makes Good Online Learning
New York Times - 8/13/20

“To ensure that kids keep progressing on both the academic and social-emotional fronts, it’s critical that educators provide live teacher-led video conference sessions. These need to optimize both academic coverage and social interaction. A baseline would be two or three 30-to-45 minute sessions in each of the core academic subjects each week… These sessions need to drive conversations between students and teachers and among the students themselves. Teachers should do cold calling to ensure students are on their toes and to pull them out of their screens. Teachers need to constantly ask students to work on questions together and share their thinking. Ideally, virtual breakout sessions will allow students to debate and help each other.”
Chris Emdin: “Reality Pedagogy” Is Meeting Kids Where They Are
Atlantic - 7/24/20

“Reality pedagogy involves connecting academic content to events happening in the world that affect students. The curriculum can weave in specific references to the neighborhoods where young people are from, inequities that they and their families are hurt by, and protests in the community. But that doesn’t mean these lessons are always serious. Students can compete to show their knowledge through art, games, and music.”
“9 Ways Online Teaching Should Be Different From Face-To-Face”
Cult of Pedagogy - 7/5/20

“I asked Melanie to share some ways online teaching should be different from face-to-face teaching. She came up with nine: three that are specific to community building and communication, and six that focus on instructional design. Along with these differences, she also shared a few things that should stay exactly the same.”
“Relationships Are The Foundation Of Online Learning Design.”
Global Online Academy - 5/19/20

“When we started, we only had our intuition and the spirit of our founding schools to make relationships central to our pedagogy. Now, many years of student survey data have helped us refine that approach and design intentionally for relationships. We survey our students twice per semester. Our surveys have evolved as our program has, but we’ve always rooted student surveys in two critical questions about relationships: How connected do you feel to the teacher in this class? How well do people in your class understand you as a person?”
“I’m 13 Years Old. I’m Learning More With Distance Learning.”
New York Times - 5/5/20

“Distance learning gives me more control of my studies. I can focus more time on subjects that require greater effort and study. I don’t have to sit through a teacher fielding questions that have already been answered. I can still collaborate with other students, but much more effectively… I’ve also found that I prefer some of the recorded lessons that my teachers post to Google Classroom over the lessons they taught in person.”
Deep, Neuroscience-Based Look At Meaning-Making As The Heart Of Effective Pedagogy
ASCD - 5/1/20

“The way individuals make meaning is cognitive and emotional at once—like a good story. And deep, meaningful thinking actually taps into basic survival processes, in essence making the thinker feel more alive, like their work is personal, and like what they think and do matters. No wonder adolescents can become so inspired and motivated when their work feels connected to big, life-relevant ideas!”
“Why Are Lecturing And Questioning Still Around?”
Larry Cuban - 4/23/20

“They are flexible and adaptable teaching techniques. With all of the concern for student-centered inquiry and using tougher questions based upon Bloom’s taxonomy, one enduring function of schooling is to transfer academic knowledge and skills (both technical and social) to the next generation.”
A King’s Academy Teacher’s Guide To Transitioning From Onsite To Online Learning
King's Academy - 4/5/20

“This guide was compiled by teachers at King’s Academy for the purpose of supporting our transition from onsite to online learning. King’s Academy has a wealth of teachers with experience in online teaching and learning — in online college consortia, with Global Online Academy, for education technology companies, and more. These teachers convened for a series of meetings to distill principles and practices that would be useful for teachers when transitioning in-person classes to an online setting.”
“The Best Distance Learning Is Reading A Book”
Austin Kleon - 3/26/20

“Crack open a book and you can not only learn from someone who’s several thousand miles away, you can learn from someone who’s several thousand years away.”
COVID-19: “I Will Survive” - COVID-19 Version For Teachers Going Online
YouTube - 3/16/20

“And so I’m back, students are gone, as all my colleagues try to figure how they’re gonna get along. I should have kept up with the tech, not skipped that class on course design. If I’d have known for just one second I’d be teaching all-online.”
"How To Create A Project Based Learning Lesson”
Cult of Pedagogy - 2/16/20

“So what does it look like to put these non-negotiables into practice and plan a project? I will walk you through the process I have come to embrace and share with teachers who cross my path, either through our time together in the trenches during project coaching, or when they pick up my book, Keep it Real with PBL”
Dan Meyer: How Tech Can Help Math Instruction
EdSurge - 12/23/19

“Computers are great at storing, delivering and rewinding explanations, but that isn’t what math education needs. Math education needs visualizations that provoke students wonder mathematically. It needs a creative palette that enables students to express their mathematical ideas more fully. It needs to connect ideas and people together so that students and teachers can learn from each other’s mathematical creativity. Here’s happy news for math edtech entrepreneurs in the next decade. Computers are great at the right tasks too: visualization, creation, and connection. Let’s put them to work.”
When You Are Grading, Keep A List Of Common Errors
Middle Web - 12/3/19

“Sometimes it takes a long time and lot of painful grading in order to figure out the mistakes. You have to be open to your own errors in the assignment. When you see kids all making the same kind of mistake, you need to notice that maybe it’s how you phrased the question, or the emphasis you gave to a certain point in class, or your lack of emphasis on another crucial point.”
SEL And The Importance Of Teachers Being “Emotion Scientists”
KQED - 11/20/19

“Thankfully, there’s a science to understanding emotion. It’s not just a matter of intuition, opinion, or gut instinct. We are not born with an innate talent for recognizing what we or anyone else is feeling and why. We all have to learn it. I had to learn it. As with any science, there’s a process of discovery, a method of investigation. After three decades of research and practical experience, we at the Yale Center have identiﬁed the talents needed to become what we’ve termed an “emotion scientist.””
High School Math Teacher Removes Homework, Sees Improvement
Channell 3000 - 11/4/19

“We have been able to document the improvement of our student body moving roughly 30 percent not ready for college math to almost 100 percent are ready.”
“How Art Can Help Center a Student’s Learning Experience”
KQED - 10/14/19

“She and her team found that arts integration instruction led to long-term retention of science concepts at least as successfully as conventional science teaching. Arts integration was particularly helpful for students with the lowest reading scores. Studies like this one have led to a resurgence of interest in arts integration, a pedagogy that uses art as a vehicle for learning about any subject.”
“Measuring Actual Learning Versus Feeling Of Learning”
Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences - 9/4/19

“We compared students’ self-reported perception of learning with their actual learning under controlled conditions in large-enrollment introductory college physics courses taught using 1) active instruction (following best practices in the discipline) and 2) passive instruction (lectures by experienced and highly rated instructors)… Students in active classrooms learned more (as would be expected based on prior research), but their perception of learning, while positive, was lower than that of their peers in passive environments. This suggests that attempts to evaluate instruction based on students’ perceptions of learning could inadvertently promote inferior (passive) pedagogical methods… We discuss strategies that instructors can use, early in the semester, to improve students’ response to being actively engaged in the classroom.”
“Retakes Vs. Test Corrections Vs. Neither”
Henri’s Math Ed Blog - 8/28/19

“Different opinions reflect different values, different attitudes towards assessment, and different understandings of how learning happens. I’ll take a stab at unpacking this, and (as is my wont) I will not be shy about sharing my opinions along the way. I will present this as a discussion with imaginary colleagues, whose contributions are in bold type. “
“Direct Instruction Is Still Necessary In A PBL Classroom”
John Spencer - 7/29/19

“I tend to brace against the idea of lecturing. It conjures up images of a crowded hall and a professor droning on and on while we sit in the audience feverishly taking notes. But lectures aren’t inherently bad. After all, I love a good podcast or TED Talk. I regularly deliver keynotes for conferences, school districts, and universities. Great direct instruction is often an act of storytelling. It’s exciting and fun.”
On Deeper Learning, And The Value Of Extra-Curriculars
Strategy-Business - 6/6/19

“Deeper learning is defined as a set of competencies that include content mastery, critical thinking, collaboration, and effective communication. Mehta and Fine define it as the place where “mastery, identity, and creativity” meet. Students who have engaged in deeper learning have strong expertise in a field, learn to identify themselves as practitioners of the discipline, and acquire the ability to create something new, such as original scholarship or art.”
Core Knowledge: On The Role Of Knowledge In Learning
Larry Cuban - 6/5/19

“We need to see the reading comprehension problem for what it primarily is -- a knowledge problem. There is no way around the need for children to gain broad general knowledge in order to gain broad general proficiency in reading.”
Larry Cuban On Challenging Instructional Paradigms
Larry Cuban - 5/3/19

“The manner in which the machinery of instruction bears upon the child… really controls the system.”
Does Teaching Design Thinking Strategies Durably Improve Performance?
Stanford - 4/17/19

“The study, published in the Journal of Learning Sciences on April 15, found that students applied the strategies they had learned to entirely new problems, without prompting, and that they also performed better on projects. Notably, the biggest benefits went to low-achieving students.”
Movement Aids Learning. Here Are Ways To Teach Kinesthetically.
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/31/19

“The concept of “learning styles” has overwhelmingly been labeled a mythby researchers, so attempting to determine which of your students are kinesthetic learners will not be a good use of your time. What is worth your time is using movement when working with all learners, because plenty of research backs that up.”
It’s The Quality Of Homework, Not The Quantity That Matters
Atlantic - 3/28/19

“Research tends to focus on homework’s quantity rather than its quality, because the former is much easier to measure than the latter. While experts generally agree that the substance of an assignment matters greatly (and that a lot of homework is uninspiring busywork), there isn’t a catchall rule for what’s best—the answer is often specific to a certain curriculum or even an individual student. Given that homework’s benefits are so narrowly defined (and even then, contested), it’s a bit surprising that assigning so much of it is often a classroom default, and that more isn’t done to make the homework that is assigned more enriching.”
Drawing Helps Students Process And Retain Learning
Edutopia - 3/14/19

"The benefits of drawing were not dependent on the students’ level of artistic talent, suggesting that this strategy may work for all students, not just ones who are able to draw well. Across a total of eight experiments, the researchers confirmed drawing to be a “reliable, replicable means of boosting performance”—it provided a significant boost to students’ ability to remember what they were learning.”
Is Teaching Growth Mindsets Effective? A Lengthy Exploration.
Aeon - 3/11/19

“Recent evidence would suggest that growth mindset interventions are not the elixir of student learning that many of its proponents claim it to be… It is hard to dispute that having a self-belief in their own capacity for change is a positive attribute for students. Paradoxically, however, that aspiration is not well served by direct interventions that try to instil it. Yet creating a culture in which students can believe in the possibility of improving their intelligence through their own purposeful effort is something few would disagree with. Perhaps growth mindset works best as a philosophy and not an intervention.”
Excellent, Fine-Grain Suggestions For Choosing Words When Giving Feedback
Cult of Pedagogy - 2/3/19

“Instead of saying: “Your next step would be to revise some of the dialogue to make it sound more realistic.” Try this: “I wonder if, as a writer, you’re ready for more advanced dialogue techniques.”
Relationships: Doctors’ Kindness Drives Health Outcomes. Surely, Teachers, Too
New York Times - 1/22/19

“All of this research suggests that doctors who don’t connect with their patients may risk undermining a treatment’s success. Doctor-patient rapport is not just a fluffy, feel-good bonus that boosts Yelp reviews, but a component of medical care that has important effects on a patient’s physical health. Particularly as artificial intelligence promises a world where we don’t need to go to the doctor for minor questions, we should not overlook the value of interacting with a human doctor and hearing words of encouragement.”
David Brooks: Relationships Are Essential For Learning
New York Times - 1/17/19

“Students have got to have a good relationship with teachers. Suzanne Dikker of New York University has shown that when classes are going well, the student brain activity synchronizes with the teacher’s brain activity. In good times and bad, good teachers and good students co-regulate each other. The bottom line is this, a defining question for any school or company is: What is the quality of the emotional relationships here?”
What To Do On The First Day Of Class. A Deep & Thorough Exploration
Chronicle of Higher Education - 1/4/19

“I’ll start, as we academics so love to do, with a little bit of theory — specifically, four core principles that can help shape your planning for the first day of your course. Next, I’ll cover the logistics of a successful first day, including managing the space and technology as well as getting to know your students. To show you how to put the principles and the logistics into practice, I will provide examples of what a good set of first-day activities might look like in four disciplines. I’ll finish with some suggestions for how to support the good work you have done on the first day with some follow-up activities.”
“How Learning Goals Can Stifle Deeper Learning”
Lustre Education - 1/4/19

“It is worth critically examining whether the practice of telling students what they will learn before they learn it equates to the kind of deeper learning that will allow students to thrive in a rapidly changing 21st century job market.”
Both Technology And Traditional Teaching Have Value: It’s The Pedagogy That Matters
Bright - 12/5/18

“A belief in the power of technology is becoming akin to an article of faith among education decision makers and commentators — along with preferences found in progressive pedagogy, like student-driven learning over teacher-driven curriculum, cross-cutting skills over traditional subjects, Google over memorization. But what if introducing more technology, and turning away from traditional ways of teaching, is actually making education… worse? …When applied correctly to a specific set of problems, technology has proven to be a useful tool that can have positive impact. But it must be accompanied by an honest discussion about what pedagogy actually works.”
Tips For Fostering “Civil Dialogue” On High Pressure Topics
History Tech - 11/30/18

“How can we encourage and support conversations around controversial topics? How can we tie current events to broader topics and past events without . . . you know, setting stuff on fire and throwing desks?”
Another Deep Report On Competency Based Learning
iNACOL - 11/1/18

“Moving Toward Mastery describes a teaching profession that is equity-oriented, learning-centered and lifelong; it recommends 15 strategies that can help school districts successfully make this paradigm shift.”
A Deep, Deep Look At The State Of Competency-Based Education
Getting Smart - 10/22/18

“Our purpose in sharing this report is to spur much-needed dialogue about the shift to competency-based education and how that shift can be done in ways that advance equity, ensure teachers have the tools they need, and open up new opportunities for truly effective high school learning. There are no prescriptions here. Instead, we hope the reader will find the evidence cited thought-provoking and engage in serious conversation about the compelling questions the report raises.”
Should You Have Honors Classes? A History Of Tracking
Larry Cuban - 9/30/18

“Beginning in the 1960s activists filed federal suits again school systems that tracked minority students… Reformers, leaning on studies done by researchers, worried about school groupings reinforcing inequalities in society by excluding low income students from advanced courses and thereby entry into college. These policymakers (and parents) pressed states and districts to open up Advanced Placement courses, gifted and talented programs, and the like–including Algebra in the 8th grade–to all students.”
Why We Should All Be Drawing
Quartz - 9/15/18

“We have misfiled the significance of drawing because we see it as a professional skill instead of a personal capacity… This essential confusion has stunted our understanding of drawing and kept it from being seen as a tool for learning above all else… Drawing shouldn’t be about performance, but about process. It’s not just for the “artists,” or even the weekend hobbyists. Think of it as a way of observing the world and learning, something that can be done anytime, like taking notes, jotting down a thought, or sending a text.”
“Teens Are Protesting In-Class Presentations.” Not Everyone Agrees.
Atlantic - 9/12/18

“We need to stop preaching to get rid of public speaking and we need to start preaching for better mental health support and more accessibility alternatives for students who are unable to complete presentations/classwork/etc due to health reasons.”
How Our Expectations For Students Influence Their Success [video]
YouTube/NPR - 9/11/18

“The expectations that the experimenters had in their head actually translated into a whole set of tiny behavior changes… You may be standing farther away from someone you have lower expectations for. You may not be making as much eye contact, and it's not something you can put your finger on.”
A Really Good Summary Of The Research Regarding Note-Taking
Cult of Pedagogy - 9/9/18

"So I’ve combed through about three decades’ worth of research, and I’m going to tell you what it says about best practices in note-taking. Although this is not an exhaustive summary, it hits on some of the most frequently debated questions on the subject.”
“Insights from 200+ Years Of Personalized Learning”
Nature - 9/5/18

“Current initiatives to personalize learning in schools, while seen as a contemporary reform, actually continue a 200+ year struggle to provide scalable, mass, public education that also addresses the variable needs of individual learners. Indeed, some of the rhetoric and approaches reformers are touting today sound very familiar in this historical context. What, if anything, is different this time?”
“What To Do In Week One” — A Helpful List
ASCD - 9/1/18

“The most urgent questions students ask as they begin a new school year are, Am I safe? and, Do I belong? Once students feel sure these needs are met, they'll dive into learning. We can't take successful communication of these assurances for granted, though. We have to prove them to students every day. What can teachers do?”
Here Are Some Learning-Science Proven Practices You’re Already Using
EdSurge - 7/24/18

“Approaches that encourage students to use what they know, revisit it over time, mix it up and learn about their own learning are core elements in many current edtech tools… A century of scientific research demonstrates that these features don’t simply increase engagement—they also improve learning, higher order thinking and transfer of knowledge.”
Daniel Willingham Affirms, Updates The Argument Against Learning Styles
AFT - 6/11/18

“Research has confirmed the basic summary I offered in 2005; using learning-styles theories in the classroom does not bring an advantage to students. But there is one new twist. Researchers have long known that people claim to have learning preferences… THere’s increasing evidence that people act on those beliefs; if given a chance, the visualizer will think in pictures rather than words. But doing so confers no cognitive advantage.”
Is Knowing Students Well Better Than Being An Instructional Expert?
Hechinger Report - 5/21/18

"In surveys, specialized teachers said they were less able to tailor instruction for each child (advocates of personalized learning, take note!) and they were much less likely to report an increase in job satisfaction or performance than elementary school teachers who spent all day with their students. It seems that the ostensible benefits of specialization were outweighed by the fact teachers had fewer interactions with each student.”
How To Have Better Arguments
The Better Arguments Project - 3/19/18

“Across the country, citizen-led efforts are underway that attempt to bridge the divides created or unearthed by the… presidential election. These efforts are admirable. Done wrong, however, these efforts have the potential to compound our political problems rather than ameliorate them. Profound philosophical divides with deep historical roots exist across the country about the role of government, the job of citizens, how to deal with the economy, and what it truly means to be American. Instead of papering over these differences, we need to understand their origins, grow smarter about engaging them, learn to ask better questions, and get better at arguing with one other about them.”
A Pedagogical Structure For Media Literacy Case Studies
Hapgood - 2/22/18

"Some years ago, Dan Meyer pioneered and promoted a structure of math lessons based on three “acts” that fit together in a way that gave lessons a momentum and rhythm in the way that three act structure in film gives films (or TV shows or whatever) a structure and a rhythm… [In media literacy] we have three acts as well.”
“A New Idea To Promote Transfer”: Analogous Thinking
Daniel Willingham - 2/11/18

"Subjects who invented an analogous problem were more likely to successfully solve the radiation problem compared to subjects not asked to invent a problem… it's a technique that prompts people to focus attention on the deep structure, just as comparison does.”
Mitch Resnick: “Screen Time? How About Creativity Time?”
Medium - 1/20/18

"Rather than trying to minimize screen time, I think parents and teachers should try to maximize creative time. The focus shouldn’t be on which technologies children are using, but rather what children are doing with them. Some uses of new technologies foster creative thinking; others restrict it. The same is true for older technologies. Rather than trying to choose between high-tech, low-tech, and no-tech, parents and teachers should be searching for activities that will engage children in creative thinking and creative expression.”
On A Measured Approach To Experiential Learning
Inside Higher Ed - 1/8/18

"Such experience, it is argued, will help students by giving them a leg up in their careers and making them more useful people. And although that may often prove true in the short term, I am convinced it is not reliably the case when we consider a longer time frame -- particularly for students in the foundational arts and sciences disciplines. Take, for example, the following three situations.”
A Helpful Historical Look At ‘Active Learning’
Long View On Education - 12/10/17

"But as Kate Lacey notes, active/passive does not work as a simple binary, but as a fractal distinction, where what counts as ‘active’ shifts with context: listening is active in contrast to hearing, but listening counts as passive in relation to speaking, and both listening and speaking count as passive in relation to movement.”
Science Journal “Nature” Reviews Efficacy Of Montessori Education
Nature - 10/27/17

“[The] goal is to provide a review of the scientific evidence base for Montessori education, with the dual aspirations of stimulating future research and helping teachers to better understand whether and why Montessori education might be effective.… two important aspects of Montessori’s educational method are the learning materials, and the self-directed nature of children’s engagement with those materials. Some key elements of each of these aspects will now be considered in turn.”
Big Data? How About Small Data: That’s Best For Teachers
Pasi Sahlberg - 9/20/17

"Teachers know the importance of human observations, face-to-face conversations and critical reflections in making sense of what goes on in classrooms. Standardized tests or opinion surveys may help to identify some general trends, but they are not able to reveal deeper secrets of pedagogy. Therefore, small data can be a good tool to find out what works best and why in schools. Does this sound familiar? Indeed, small data has always been part of the process for experienced teachers, doctors, social workers and psychologists. It is not new, except the name.”
A Good Discussion About Personalized Learning & Tech In Schools
EdSurge - 9/12/17

"And so, one of the benefits of having a teacher who has a more global view of the subject is that they can push you and direct you in ways that keep your brain in the red zone. That's one aspect I think where teachers are super valuable. I'm not sure it's even possible for students to provoke themselves in the ways that teachers can provoke those students.”
Care Might Be One Of The Most Important Determiners Of Success
Gallup - 8/22/17

"Further analysis revealed that having a caring adult at school is linked to a greater likelihood of self-reported excellent grades at school, and this relationship is strongest for high school students.”
A Good Look At Writing Instruction: Different Modes For Diff Students
New York Times - 8/2/17

"At every level, students benefit from clear feedback on their writing, and from seeing and trying to imitate what successful writing looks like, the so-called text models. Some of the touchy-feel stuff matters, too. Students with higher confidence in their writing ability perform better. All of this points toward a synthesis of the two approaches. In classrooms where practices like freewriting are used without any focus on transcription or punctuation, “the students who struggled didn’t make any progress,” Dr. Troia, the Michigan State professor, said. But when grammar instruction is divorced from the writing process and from rich ideas in literature or science, it becomes “superficial,” he warned.”
One School Goes Deep Into Focus On “Personalized Learning”
Hechinger Report - 7/10/17

"After Matt Doyle, Vista’s acting superintendent, helped interview more than 2,000 middle- and high-school students about their school experiences and dumped all of his interview notes into a software program that identifies the most frequently mentioned words, one word rose to the surface: “irrelevant.””
Personalized Learning: A State Of Industry (Getting Past Buzzwords)
Center for Curriculum Redesign - 4/1/17

"It is largely an umbrella term that overlaps with other education concepts—such as adaptive learning, differentiated instruction, competency-based education, and learning analytics. The Data & Society Research Institute offers a schematic for unpacking this range of genres and terms.”
Re-understanding Pedagogy In An Age Of Digital Distraction
Chronicle of Higher Education - 3/13/17

"When I walked out of class after discovering Kate’s surreptitious phone scanning, the questions I asked myself were about her, or about my ability to control her behavior: Why can’t she focus in class? How can I keep students away from their distracting devices in class? But when I reconsidered the experience through the lens provided by Gazzaley and Rosen, a new set of questions began to emerge: What goal had I established for Kate’s learning that day? How had I created an environment that supported her ability to achieve that goal? And perhaps most important — assuming that the class had a learning goal that mattered for her — did she know about it?”
Teachers Reflect On How Taxonomies Inform Their Teaching
EdWeek - 3/4/17

"There is an adage in educational research that says all models are flawed but some are useful. This is true of Bloom's Taxonomy… Still, there is value in the taxonomy. If it serves to remind teachers to always strive to build units of instruction to include the skills of analyzing, evaluating, and creating then the taxonomy has value.”
A Case For Intrinsic Motivation At The Heart Of Any Pedagogy
ASCD - 3/1/17

"if we're realistic, we'll know that even when a particular instructional method has been studied under controlled conditions, found to be effective, and labeled "best practice," none of that matters if students won't do the work. Teachers in the real world recognize that although personalization has the potential to improve learning, our first job in applying any approach is to engage students in the learning process. And engagement is not about baiting a hook. It's about helping students find their spark and make their own fire.”
“Should We Lose The Lecture?” Nobel Physics Prof Wants To Know
Stanford - 3/1/17

"Professors retain a central role, but Wieman sees them more like athletic coaches, putting students through strenuous, targeted practice while giving immediate feedback and direction based on performance. By confronting the problems first, the audience is more invested — and prepared — to hear what the professor has to say. ‘If you experience the condition of the problem, you’ll remember the answer much better,’ Schwartz, the dean of the GSE, says. ‘Lectures have it backwards. They basically give you the answer, then you practice it.’”
Micro-Masters Programs Grow To 16 Universities
EdX - 2/28/17

"With MicroMasters programs, we are helping to bridge the knowledge gap between higher education and the workplace by offering content and credentials in the most in-demand fields and skills needed for success in today’s rapidly-evolving and tech-driven world. These credit-eligible, career-relevant programs are free to try, and can help advance careers and offer a pathway to an accelerated Master’s program. Top employers, including industry-leading companies like IBM, PWC, Hootsuite, Bloomberg, Fidelity and more, recognize MicroMasters programs for real-time, real-world relevancy.”
An Elementary School No Homework Policy
Washington Post - 2/26/17

"Student’s Daily Home Assignment: 1. Read just-right books every night — (and have your parents read to you too). 2. Get outside and play — that does not mean more screen time. 3. Eat dinner with your family — and help out with setting and cleaning up. 4. Get a good night’s sleep.”
What Is Design Thinking?
Atlantic - 1/4/17

"Historically, creativity has been portrayed as a mysterious, elusive force—a gift from the gods or the muses. Creativity can’t be summoned, the thinking goes, let alone taught to the mentally inflexible, unimaginative, muse-less masses. Design thinking upends that perception and assumes that anyone can be a creative problem-solver.”
What Does “Personalization” Really Mean, Anyway?
Hack Education - 12/19/16

"Many of the discussions about “personalized learning” insist that technology is necessary for “personalization,” often invoking stereotypes of whole class instruction and denying the myriad of ways that teachers have long tailored what they do in the classroom to the individual students in it. Teachers look for interpersonal cues; they walk around the classroom and check on students’ progress; they adjust their lessons and their assignments in both subtle and conspicuous ways. In other words, “personalization” need not rely on technology or on data-mining; it does, however, demand that teachers attend to students’ needs and to students’ interests.”
Starting To Realize The Promise of Automated, Personalized (Math) Tutoring
Jo Boaler - 11/29/16

"Importantly, they are designing a digital environment that mimics something a teacher can do in a classroom yet many tech products fail to do – provide personalized coaching. For students who seem to display low confidence, they encourage them by showing them their past successes. For students who seem to have low self-regulation (e.g. they jumped around and gave up often), they encourage them to reflect and reconsider before they quit a level… For students who seem to display low effort, they appeal to altruistic motivation by changing language from “show what you can do; try your best” to “help us improve our software by trying your best.”
Analytics Literacy: You Can’t Apply Data If You Don’t Really Understand It.
e-Literate - 11/19/16

"Right now, the educational technology market is blithely barreling down the road of developing sexy, sophisticated algorithms… But “sophisticated” also means “complex.” If we, as a culture, lack the basic literacy to have clear intuitions about what “a 70% chance” means, then how likely is it that we won’t have shocks that cause us to distrust our learning analytics because we didn’t understand their assumptions and limitations?”
Students Prefer Hard But Manageable Courses. Here’s What That Means.
Faculty Focus - 11/9/16

"For each student there appeared to be a demarcation line…that professors could cross by making their courses too difficult” (p. 109). Once that line was crossed, opinions of the course and instructor quickly changed to dislike. The too-difficult courses had grading systems students perceived as unfair, tests that were too hard, homework that was graded harshly, and feedback that was difficult to interpret.”
Four Ways To Bring Kinesthetic Learning Into Your Classroom
ASCD - 10/13/16

"Students can leave their notebooks, textbooks, and other school paraphernalia behind when they leave home or school, but they take their bodies with them wherever they go. When educators engage students in learning through the body, they essentially inscribe knowledge into the very sinews of their physical being.”
Socratic Mentoring: Key To Student Learning?
Aeon - 10/6/16

"We need to remember something that Socrates drew our attention to long ago, but which in our eagerness to turn schools into engines of economic productivity we have forgotten, namely that education is a philosophical process. It begins with questioning, proceeds by enquiry, and moves in the direction of deeper understanding. The journey of enquiry is powered by critical reflection, discussion and debate. It leads not to final answers but to a greater appreciation of the limits of our knowledge, both of the world around us and of our own mysterious selves.”
"How To Think Like Shakespeare”: A Delightful Essay On Education
Chronicle of Higher Education - 8/29/16

"In short, the best way for you to prepare for the unforeseen future is to learn how to think intensively and imaginatively… You should think of yourself as apprenticing to the craft of thought… As with rhetoric, imitation, and inventory, you might not think very highly of apprenticeship these days. But it was crucial for skilled labor in Renaissance Europe. It required an exacting, collaborative environment, with guidance from people who knew more than you did. When Shakespeare arrived on the London theater scene, he entered a kind of artistic studio, or workshop, or laboratory, in which he was apprenticing himself to experienced playwrights. Note that playwright is not spelled w-r-i-t-e; it’s spelled w-r-i-g-h-t: a maker.”
George Siemens: Tech Should Make Us Better People, Not Prey On Us
EdSurge - 8/11/16

"“Our technology is our ideology,” Siemens says. He’s worried that, rather than advancing our human potential, many edtech companies and universities are perpetuating the status quo. While machine learning and automation are obviating the need for learners to memorize content and develop routine skills, current edtech solutions still focus on helping learners develop these capabilities, he says. Instead, they should drive students to hone their uniquely human traits.”
Experiential Learning: Going Into The Field Changes Kids’ Lives
Orion - 7/24/16

"The mist was rising and through the fog they saw a red fox leap for its morning prey; then the beavers started slapping their tails in the water, and, as if on cue, a flock of great blue herons flew right over their heads. You might be compelled to exclaim… “Wow, this is better than Discovery Channel!” Moments like these are transformational. And this transformation teaches empathy. Students become less absorbed in themselves and start paying attention to the world around them.”
“What Great Listeners Actually Do”
Harvard Business Review - 7/14/16

“We analyzed data describing the behavior of 3,492 participants… With those results in hand we identified the differences between great and average listeners and analyzed the data to determine what characteristics their colleagues identified as the behaviors that made them outstanding listeners.”
What Works When Teaching Yourself. A Deep Look At The Autodidact.
Psychology Today - 7/5/16

"It's neither intelligence nor technique that holds people back from being successful self-taught learners, says Bach. It's insecurity. "Feelings of inadequacy stop curiosity," he says. In Bach's own field of competitive thinkers, he's learned that "most people who have ambition have a terrible fear that although they're good, they're not good enough or smart enough. It's debilitating.”"
Another Look At Personalized Learning
e-Literate - 5/12/16

"But the biggest advantage of a tutor is not that they personalize the task, it’s that they personalize the explanation. They look into the eyes of the other person and try to understand what material the student has locked in their head that could be leveraged into new understandings. When they see a spark of insight, they head further down that path. When they don’t, they try new routes.”
What Is Adaptive Learning? EdSurge Goes Deep On The Question
EdSurge - 5/10/16

"“Adaptive learning” is a popular edtech buzzword, used by curriculum and learning management systems alike. Enthusiasts promise this technology has the ability to make educational experiences more personal, efficient and scalable. Yet, there’s a big problem. There’s very little clarity around what this technology does, doesn’t do and how it actually works.”
On Teaching And Mentoring Students: A Literary Reflection
Literary Hub - 4/14/16

"These questions are what I chase in my days with [my students], and it often takes bouts of frustration and resultant late-night preps to remind me why I’m here—not to teach English or poetry, but to teach [students]. Thank God I have these conduits of literature that constrain me in my yearning to open up the light behind their eyes that seems to be shielded—pains from growing, pains from first loves and first losses, pains from home, pains from our expectations, and pains from the pressure that they must have this mess called life figured out.”
Justin Reich On Connected Learning: The 21st Century Harkness
EdWeek - 4/6/16

"In connected courses, we solve the coordination problem with a different approach: we give everyone their own spaces online to produce learning materials--blogs, Twitter feeds, websites, web domains, etc.--and then we use technology to make a copy of everything that students do and aggregate those copies. Students own their own means of production, and the purpose of technology is to aggregate what students choose to share.”
Schmoker: Simplify and Focus. Teachers Should Do Less.
ASCD - 4/3/16

"School leaders are faced with more initiative fatigue and bureaucratic baggage than ever. Our systems have become too complex, said Schmoker, and that's an implementation killer. "The real cost of complexity is stagnation. We get barely any improvement, even though we have lots of change.”"
3 Ways To Turn Bad Stress Into Good Stress
KQED - 2/24/16

"McGonigal defines stress as “what arises in your body, in your brain and in your community when something you care about is at stake.” She acknowledges that stress can make some people feel paralyzed and might lead them to underperform. She calls that reaction a “threat response” to stress, but says if educators can help students to have a “challenge response” to stress, which includes the realization that they have the resources to handle the situation, the stress can actually energize students to do better.”
7 Lessons From Working With Micro-Credentials/Badges
EdSurge - 1/30/16

"Micro-credentials can personalize professional learning to meet teachers’ individual needs, and allow them to quickly take what they learn and apply it to their classrooms. This new wave of personalized, competency-based professional development provides a way for teachers to earn recognition for the skills they acquire through formal and informal learning opportunities.”
Teachers Illustrate The Process Of Planning For Class
Planning Process Illustrated - 1/1/16

"When asked to illustrate the planning process, teachers across the country shared these images--responses that reveal the great variety of ways one can approach the extraordinarily complex profession of teaching. These are a testament to the art and science of teaching. We hope you find their work as thought provoking as we do, and we encourage you to try this with your colleagues.”
5-Part Conversation Between Riverdale and AltSchool
Medium - 12/5/15

"It seems that schools are expected to position themselves as either traditional — “chalk and talk,” uniforms, a belief in canonical knowledge, a culture of discipline and compliance, or progressive — liberal, with more of a constructivist approach to teaching and learning, and a focus on the development of the individual building off his or her strengths rather than trying to mold children into a certain ideal mix of intellectual and personal capacities. More and more, I find this binary both idiotic and not very helpful.”
Who Will Save Math? Dan Meyer, Not Sal Khan.
New Republic - 12/1/15

"Meyer thinks technology can change the math classroom’s reputation as a dull, mystifying, and even traumatizing place. But he doesn’t think tech can fix everything. ‘There’s limitations on what kinds of work can be done on a computer without a teacher… You’ll never see a free-form argument of the sort that students do in our best live classrooms—and those are the sorts of skills that we cherish and reward in modern working life.”
EdWeek Releases Report “Understanding Formative Assessment”
Education Week - 11/9/15

"Formative assessment is one of the most widely used—but poorly understood—instructional techniques. This special report highlights common misconceptions about the approach and shows how formative assessment differs from other kinds of assessments, such as summative or benchmark tests.”
Rebuttal: The Lecture Doesn’t Hold Up Against Active Learning
Josh Eyler - 10/20/15

"I want to be absolutely clear: I don’t have any problem with lecturing as one tool among many that we can use to help our students learn. It can be a very valuable strategy in certain instances…. Worthen [the author] not only dismisses discussion, group work, and other forms of pedagogy, but does so with derision. As a result, she ignores decades worth of research and relies almost exclusively on anecdote. It’s hard to build a case that way. In what follows, I want to get to the bottom of all of the assumptions that underpin Worthen’s piece by closely reading passages from the essay itself, which I’ve placed in bold font.”
In Defense Of The Lecture: A Pedagogical, Historical, Mindful View
New York Times - 10/17/15

"There are sound reasons for sticking with the traditional model of the large lecture course combined with small weekly discussion sections. Lectures are essential for teaching the humanities’ most basic skills: comprehension and reasoning, skills whose value extends beyond the classroom to the essential demands of working life and citizenship.”
David Brooks: Balancing Old School With “Most Likely To Succeed”
New York Times - 10/16/15

"The documentary is about relationships, not subject matter. In the school, too, teachers cover about half as much content as in a regular school. Long stretches of history and other subject curriculums are effectively skipped. Students do not develop conventional study habits. The big question is whether such a shift from content to life skills is the proper response to a high-tech economy. I’d say it’s at best a partial response.”
A Rich Exploration Of What Makes Expert Teachers
Bright - 8/27/15

"Expert teachers recognize the learner as one system, themselves as another, and their interaction with the learner as a third system. In order to successfully manage the interaction and support their learner’s development an expert teacher utilizes multiple awarenesses (of self, learner, interaction, teaching practice/content, and external context).”
Blended Learning 2.0: After the Honeymoon
EdSurge - 8/3/15

"These schools are moving out of the “getting-the-technology-to-work” phase and beginning to think deeply about the best ways to support student achievement. They are running their own internal evaluations of edtech effectiveness, training teachers on emerging best practices, exploring better ways to put data in the hands of teachers and students, and consolidating all their learnings to iterate on existing school designs or create new ones.”
An Essential Overview Of Current Models Of New Schools
SSATB - 7/30/15

"Are you counting on your high-achieving student body, challenging curriculum, and learning- conducive environment to continue to attract families to your school? …In every case, there is a cheaper, and often more innovative, educational alternative out there… We have defined and focused this report on four major categories of educational choice options for families: Academically Rigorous Schools, Deeper Learning Schools, Personalized Learning Schools, Online Schools.
"Why Technology Alone Won’t Fix Schools”
Atlantic - 6/3/15

“Technology’s primary effect is to amplify human forces, so in education, technologies amplify whatever pedagogical capacity is already there… And what about computers outside of school? What happens when children are left to learn on their own with digital gadgets, as so many tech advocates insist we should do? Here technology amplifies the children’s propensities.”
The New York Times Uses Great Math Pedagogy
Dy/dan - 6/1/15

“The Times webpage can progressively disclose the answer graph, putting up a wall until you commit to a sketch… This isn’t just great digital pedagogy, it’s great pedagogy.”
“Forest Mondays”: School Takes Kids Outside All Day Every Monday
NPR - 5/26/15

"It's 33 degrees out. He's sitting in water. And he's going to figure out whether that becomes uncomfortable or not," [Eliza Minnucci, the teacher] says. "I don't need to make a rule for him. He's going to figure that out. This is a place where he can learn to take care of himself.” Minnucci worries that U.S. schools have become too focused on academics and test scores and not enough on "noncognitive" skills such as persistence and self-control. There is growing attention on the importance of these skills, but Minnucci doesn't think traditional school is set up to teach them very well.”
Researcher Goes To Japan, Finds Chalkboards, Is Shocked
Larry Cuban - 4/26/15

"The focus in Japanese education is not on how many innovations they rush to implement or how many new gadgets students get to use. Instead, educators focus on collecting evidence of effectiveness and leveraging technology resources (whether it’s a chalkboard or a smartboard) with purpose and intentionality to enhance and facilitate teaching and learning opportunities. As stated in a recent Japanese publication from the Future Schools Project, ‘Traditional education will be valued while those parts of it that should be extended, broadened, or deepened will evolve significantly.’”
I Gave A TEDx Talk: Why Pausing Makes Us More Of Who We Are
TEDx / YouTube - 4/20/15

“The momentary pause in Beethoven’s fifth, periods of prolonged sleep, the wait time after a question: these are moments when we gather up the past [stimulus] and create a future [response] that belongs more to our imagination and critical thought and less to our instinct. Moments of pause bring creative insight, analytical acuity, vision.”
The Importance of Movement to Learning
KQED - 3/26/15

"Scholarly study goes back a long time in history, but in terms of human evolution, many of the academic skills now required for successful functioning in the world are fairly new to the human brain. As neuroscientists investigate how humans learn, they often find that newer skills and aptitudes are mapped onto areas of the brain that also control basic body functions. Increasingly, this work is helping to illuminate neurological connections between the human body, its environment and the process of learning.”
John Seely Brown’s Essay On Digital Age Entrepreneurial Learning
John Seely Brown - 3/22/15

"This does not mean how to become an entrepreneur. The entrepreneurial learner is constantly looking for new ways, new resources, new peers and potential mentors to learn new things.”
7 Skills Worth Testing: Reinventing What And How We Assess
Boston Globe - 2/26/15

"The answer is not to abandon testing, but to measure the things we most value, and find good ways to do that… After all, in the past 50 years economists and psychologists have found ways to measure things as subtle and dynamic as the mechanisms that explain when and why we give in to impulse, the forces that govern our moral choices, and the thought processes that underlie unconscious stereotyping.”
Three Purposes of Education, And Some Skills To Achieve Them
Washington Post - 2/12/15

"An educational focus on asking productive questions and defining meaningful problems isn’t just an academic skill. It is an important disposition across life, work and citizenship.”
Ways to Incorporate Movement Into Classes
Washington Post - 1/19/15

"Inviting students to participate physically can feel like inviting classroom chaos, and it’s critical to recognize and respect that when teachers ask students to participate physically, we’re asking them to complete far more complex, demanding work than just sitting and listening.”
A Literature Review Of Maker-Centered Learning
Harvard - 1/1/15

"We offer a strand-by-strand overview of our developing work, and conclude by presenting the “big take away” from our research and by making suggestions for policymakers, educators, and other stakeholders. Along the way, we identify what we consider to be the most salient benefits of maker-centered learning for young people and, introduce some of the key concepts and resources that have emerged from our work… The most salient benefits of maker-centered learning for young people have to do with developing a sense of self and a sense of community.”
2014 Year in Review: (How) Should We Teach (Coding) Skills?
Hack Education - 12/13/14

“The bootcamp certification – its prestige, its worth – will be an interesting thing to gauge in the coming years. Outside of the tech sector (perhaps), it’s not clear that having a certificate in a particular field is actually that helpful… But the benefit to students is hardly the point here, is it. The benefit is to this massive industry that furthers a story that you must have a degree and now, increasingly, that you must have “skills.” Best prepared to deliver “skills” are not those old liberal arts colleges. It’s the giant for-profit higher education sector."
Reading Aloud In Class Might Not Help Learning. Some Alternatives:
Edutopia - 12/1/14

“Of the thirty-odd studies and articles I've consumed on the subject, only one graduate research paper claimed a benefit to RRR [Round Robin Reading, or taking turns reading in class] or its variations... Katherine Hilden and Jennifer Jones' criticism is unmitigated: ‘We know of no research evidence that supports the claim that RRR actually contributes to students becoming better readers, either in terms of their fluency or comprehension.’ ...Silent/independent reading should occur far more frequently as students advance into the later grades.”
Word Problems: Teach Them First. They Aid Understanding.
EdWeek - 11/19/14

“Students were more likely to even try to answer a word problem than an equation. Working through narrative problems also made students feel more empowered to explore different methods of solving a problem, rather than following a single sample process.”
Does “Teacher as Performer” Contradict Student-Centered Learning?
KQED - 11/19/14

“In many ways, the performance question has gotten caught up in this fight between active learning and lecturing. “We assume that performance only relates to lecture, only relates to the passive delivery. And thus it should be discarded along with the lecture,” says Robert Lue, the faculty director of Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning. Lue is a big fan of honing a teacher’s performance gene. He insists the absolute best active learning teachers have it too.”
What is Unschooling? And What Can We Learn From It?
Films for Action - 8/18/14

“The moment we stopped compelling Fin to sit and draw or paint or write was the moment he began doing these things on his own. It was the moment he began carving staves of wood into beautiful bows and constructing complex toys from materials on hand... In other words, the moment we quit trying to teach our son anything was the moment he started really learning.”
Bloom and the 2-Sigma Problem
EdSurge - 8/10/14

“Students who learned a topic through tutoring, combined with regular formative assessment and corrective instruction, performed two standard deviations (2 sigma) better than students who received conventional classroom instruction... Can researchers and teachers devise teaching-learning conditions that will enable the majority of student under group instruction to attain [the same] levels of achievement?”
On Teaching Math in the US (and How Teachers Get Better)
New York Times - 7/23/14

“After a geometry lesson, someone might note the inherent challenge for children in seeing angles as not just corners of a triangle but as quantities — a more difficult stretch than making the same mental step for area. By the end, the teachers had learned not just how to teach the material from that day but also about math and the shape of students’ thoughts and how to mold them.”
What Happens When Students Design Their Own Semester, Entirely.
KQED - 7/14/14

“The school chose to continue the program, which runs for one semester each year and involves nine to 12 students who receive credit and a pass/fail. ‘It was really risky, because we didn’t know how colleges would interpret this on a transcript,’ Powell says. ‘But so far we’ve had only an overwhelmingly positive response,’ including from highly selective colleges, such as Oxford and Williams, that have accepted graduates.”
Why Play (Instead of Structure) Means Better Skills
Atlantic - 6/20/14

“The more time children spend in structured, parent-guided activities, the worse their ability to work productively towards self-directed goals.”
Stanford Prof Explains--and Champions--the Pedagogy of Games
Stanford - 5/14/14

“If you see how well students learn the next thing after these discovery experiences, it turns out that they prepare students for future learning.”
A Fresh Take on the Gates Foundation Survey of 3,000 Teachers
Forbes - 4/22/14

"While I think their report suffers from a misguided faith in the power of revolution, rejuvenation, disruption and innovation, there are still quite a few important take aways. Here are the five findings that are most interesting to me..."
Struggling Is Better For Learning Than Scaffolded Understanding
Brilliant Blog - 2/24/14

“Kapur has identified three conditions that promote a beneficial struggle. First, choose problems to work on that ‘challenge but do not frustrate.’ Second, provide learners with opportunities to explain and elaborate on what they’re doing. Third, give learners the chance to compare and contrast good and bad solutions.”
6 Principles for Designing the Ideal School
KQED - 2/5/14

“[Three teachers] traveled across the country documenting noteworthy teaching practices at district public schools, charter, private, and parochial schools."
Slowing Down: Teaching Patience as a Strategy
Harvard Magazine - 11/30/13

“Now that, generally, one need not wait for things, patience becomes an active and positive cognitive state.”
What Low Cost, Scalable Education Looks LIke
Wired - 11/12/13

“Bridge offers a system built on easy replication: a template for setting up schools cheaply, enrolling children seamlessly, hiring instructors, creating a curriculum, and making sure children learn it. The schools themselves may be lo-fi, but Bridge’s back offices are very high tech.”
On Letting Kids Teach Themselves
Wired - 10/15/13

“Juárez Correa had mixed feelings about the test. His students had succeeded because he had employed a new teaching method, one better suited to the way children learn. It was a model that emphasized group work, competition, creativity, and a student-led environment. So it was ironic that the kids had distinguished themselves because of a conventional multiple-choice test.”
What Makes Good Teaching: Small Tips Can Have An Outsize Effect
Guardian - 9/2/13

“Ideally 'butterflies' have most impact when they reinforce any of the following comments from Judith Little who said you know you are in an outstanding school where you can see that: 1) Teachers talk about teaching. 2) Teachers observe each other's teaching. 3) Teachers plan, organise and evaluate their work together. 4) Teachers teach each other.”

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“For The Love Of Memorization”
Fordham Institute - 12/15/23
A Three Question End-Of-Class Check For Understanding
Higher Ed Praxis - 9/19/23
Boredom Vs. Engagement In History Classes: What Causes The Difference?
Behavioral Scientist - 9/18/23

“I found that, far from being a natural state of high school, student boredom was driven by key differences in how the two histories were taught. Whereas the Holocaust was taught as a causal story that animated student interest, apartheid was taught primarily through lists (of laws and events).”
“The Unstoppable Search For ‘Successful’ Teaching”
Larry Cuban - 9/16/23

“Stories told about “successful” teachers and the counting of what these teachers actually do in classrooms are very compelling, even persuasive at times. But such evidence remains stories and lists. They neglect systematically collected data from comparison groups of teachers and students to sufficiently pass muster as evidence of which teacher actions cause students to learn.”
Teachers As Gardeners
John Holt - 9/15/23

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The Start Of Class: Evidence Based Approaches
Evidence Based Education - 8/25/23

“Attitudes and approaches to the start of a lesson have progressed and tend to focus on recall and review. Barak Rosenshine’s Principles of Instruction: Research Based Strategies That All Teachers Should Know (2012) have become well known and widely referenced in education. Among these principles, Rosenshine encourages teachers to “begin a lesson with a short review of previous learning.” Paul A. Kirschner has advised teachers, “before you start something new, review the old” (2017). Below are some examples of classroom tasks that can be used to promote a smooth and successful lesson starts. Each can be used to provide opportunities for regular retrieval practice:"
“One Way To Accelerate Student Learning? Set More Challenging Goals”
EdWeek - 8/23/23
“34 Ways To Quiet A Rambunctious Class” (All Grades)
Edutopia - 8/18/23
On Using Memes As A Teaching Tool
Learning Scientists - 8/17/23
On The Value Of Fostering Wondering In Students
EdWeek - 8/4/23
CS Teacher Shares Equitable Grading Process, Model, And Results
Blick Bytes - 7/31/23
One Professor’s Tips For Clarifying A.I. Expectations With Students
Medium - 7/27/23
Survey: 44% Of Teens Are “Likely” To Use A.I. To Do Their Schoolwork
PRNewswire - 7/26/23
An On-Ramp/Off-Ramp Metaphor For Universal Design For Learning
KQED - 7/2/23
A Model For Great Teaching
Evidence Based Education - 7/1/23
How Teachers Use Class Time, And How It Impacts Performance
KQED - 6/19/23

“The researchers found that students who spent more time in class solving practice problems on their own and taking quizzes and tests tended to have higher scores in math. It was just the opposite in English class. Teachers who allocated more class time to discussions and group work ended up with higher scorers in that subject.”
Action-Oriented Feedback, More Than Praise, Helps Students Flourish
Scientific American - 6/15/23
How To Best Support Learning-By-Teaching For Students
PsycNet - 6/1/23
Prof Requires Students To Have A.I. Write Essay, Then They Grade It
Twitter - 5/27/23

“All 63* essays had hallucinated… The biggest takeaway from this was that the students all learned that it isn't fully reliable. Before doing it, many of them were under the impression it was always right. Their feedback largely focused on how shocked they were that it could mislead them. Probably 50% of them were unaware it could do this. All of them expressed fears and concerns about mental atrophy and the possibility for misinformation/fake news. One student was worried that their neural pathways formed from critical thinking would start to degrade or weaken.”
“How To Create Livelier Asynchronous Discussions”
Chronicle of Higher Education - 5/18/23
“How And Why Teachers Should Use Graphic Organizers In The Classroom”
Learning Scientists - 5/18/23
Digital Games Prove Effective At Supporting Learning
EdWeek - 5/17/23
A Five Part Framework For Teaching And Learning
Nafez’s Notes - 5/16/23

“Over the past decade, I’ve found it very helpful to analyze opportunities and changes in education by looking at 5 key parts of the education value chain: content, instruction, motivation, assessment, and delivery.”
Adam Gopnik On Resisting Achievement Culture And Pursuing Passions
New York Times - 5/15/23
On Co-Creating A Course With Students
Edutopia - 5/15/23
Try Asking Your Students To Annotate Your Syllabus
Chronicle of Higher Education - 5/11/23
“Questioning For Retrieval: Five Mistakes To Avoid”
Improving Teaching - 4/23/23
Some Basic Research: How Teacher Use Of Class Time Affects Student Performance
Science Direct - 4/17/23

“Students score higher in math when their teacher devotes more class time to individual practice and assessment. In contrast, students score higher in English if there is more discussion and work with classmates. Class time allocation predicts test scores separate from the quality of the teacher's instruction during the activities. These results suggest opportunities to improve student achievement without changes in teachers’ skills.”
Give More Feedback. People (Including Peers) Want It.
Behavioral Scientist - 4/17/23

“We tested the desire to give and receive feedback in all sorts of situations—with strangers and close friends; when the feedback was less consequential (like mispronouncing a word) and more consequential (like making an egregious error during an interview). We found that, in almost all of the situations we tested, people underestimated how much others wanted to receive their feedback.”
“How Much Can Duolingo [Plus A.I.] Teach Us?”
New Yorker - 4/17/23
Four Tools For Teaching The Harkness Method
Exeter - 3/18/23
Five Ways Teachers Can Use A.I. That Follow Good Pedagogy
Ethan Mollick - 3/17/23

“One thing that is not changing is the best way for people to learn. We have made large advances in recent years in understanding pedagogy - the science of learning. We know some of the most effective techniques for making sure material sticks and that it can be retrieved and used when needed most. Unfortunately, many of these advanced pedagogical techniques are time-consuming to prepare, and many instructors are often overworked and do not have the resources and time to add them to their teaching repertoire. But AI can help.”
Active Vs Passive Learning: What Works, And What Students Think Works
Inside Higher Ed - 3/14/23

“Students in the passive group reported enjoying the lecture more and felt that the instructor was more effective at teaching. Yet in the test of learning, those in the active group did better.”
Tips For Providing Useful Feedback
Higher Ed Praxis - 3/7/23
Lessons From Game Design For Designing Learning Experiences
Nafez’s Notes - 3/6/23
16 Checks For Understanding
Instructional Coaching - 3/3/23
How Do You Foster Curiosity?
SmartBrief - 2/28/23
Should We Have Homework?
Vox - 2/23/23
Retakes And Revisions As Leading Tools For Motivating Student Excellence
EdWeek - 2/23/23
“15 Ways To Teach And Learn With Sticky Notes”
Middle Web - 2/20/23
Does Flipped Learning Work? A Metaanalysis
EdSurge - 2/16/23
On Building A Weekly Class Routine
Edutopia - 2/14/23
Tips For Fostering Deeper Critical And Creative Thinking
Aurora Institute - 2/7/23
Playful Learning Has Intergenerational Benefits
Brookings - 1/30/23
The “Grand Conversation” - A Fishbowl Activity For Elementary School
Edutopia - 1/27/23
Reminder: Learning Styles Theories Are Wrong. (A Deep Dive)
Aeon - 1/26/23
Five Important Learner-Centering Principles In The Age Of ChatGPT
Education Reimagined - 1/25/23
“Should Students Sit In Rows?”
Dave Stuart Jr. - 1/19/23
Reviewing Team Teaching: Does It Work?
Larry Cuban - 1/11/23
"4 Simple Ways to Build Relationships With Your Students”
Edutopia - 1/4/23
On The Essence Of Maria Montessori
London Review Of Books - 12/15/22

“The radical idea at the heart of Montessori’s method was not that children learn by play but that adults prevent them from learning by interrupting them.”
A One Page Poster Describing Think-Pair-Share
Jamie Lee Clark - 12/10/22
For Note-Taking: Test Students Twice, Once Without/With Notes
Edutopia - 12/8/22
On The Power And Importance Of Oral Exams
New York Times - 12/2/22

““It’s the immediacy of the feedback, the ability to answer a question and have someone say, ‘Tell me more,’ or ‘Explain this further,’ or ‘Given that, what about this’ — that’s what you don’t get on a written exam,” she said. This is a key point: Oral exams allow us to test a student’s intellectual agility and ability to synthesize in a way that is impossible on a standardized written test.”
Three Tips For Expressing Yourself In Order To Be Understood
Big Think - 12/1/22
On Teaching Strategies For Using Video In School Work
EdSurge - 11/25/22
“Play Is Crucial For Middle Schoolers, Too”
Hechinger Report - 11/17/22
“10 Ways To Give A Better Lecture”
Cult of Pedagogy - 11/15/22
Want Resilient Kids? Let Them Play
Hechinger Report - 11/14/22
Flipped Pedagogy Helps, But For Different Reasons Than Expected
Chronicle of Higher Education - 11/10/22
“How To Teach Children About Risk”
BBC - 11/9/22
"Teaching Students To Manage Their Digital Assignments”
Edutopia - 11/9/22
Insights Gained When A Teacher Required Students To Cheat
Inside Higher Ed - 11/9/22
“What Does Rigor Even Mean?”
Talking With Teachers - 11/3/22

“Rigor doesn’t mean that the outcome of the assignment – the grade, the praise, the punishment – should make life difficult. It means that the task itself should make life difficult. “
Genius Hour, PBL, Mastery, And Finding Your (And Your Students’) Purpose
AJ Jiuliani - 11/1/22
How To Develop Self-Directed Learners
ASCD - 11/1/22
Learning Often Is Best When It Includes Productive Struggle
SmartBrief - 10/24/22
“5 Strategies To Improve Students Listening Skills”
Edutopia - 10/7/22
On Planning Your Classes To Include Mid-Course Corrections
ASCD - 10/6/22
On Balancing Practice With What Research Says About Practice
TES - 10/5/22
Checking In On The "Flipped Classroom”
Larry Cuban - 9/30/22
“Two Best Practices For Successful Online Teaching And Learning”
Faculty Focus - 9/21/22
Feedback, Not Evaluation. Have We Gotten Feedback All Wrong?
Alfie Kohn - 9/21/22
“5 Tips For Building A Profile Of A Graduate”
Education Elements - 9/20/22
How To Reduce Cognitive Load And Strain On Working Memory
Edutopia - 9/16/22
On Building Wait Time, Pause, And Reflection Into Lessons
K12 Dive - 9/14/22
On The Persistence Of Lecturing And Questioning
Larry Cuban - 9/9/22
On Redefining Class Participation
Chronicle of Higher Education - 9/8/22
“Building Collaborative Communities: Five Look-Fors”
Global Online Academy - 9/6/22
Four Models For Building Blended Learning Into Class
Cult of Pedagogy - 9/5/22
On Designing Feedback To Leverage Selective Attention
Learning Scientists - 9/1/22
Ways To Use Music In Classes For All Subjects
American Federation of Teachers - 9/1/22
Students Who Use Hand Signals In Zoom Meetings Report More Learning
Inside Higher Ed - 8/30/22
Gamification Comes Back
EdTech - 8/23/22
How Perspective Taking Can Help With Difficult Students
KQED - 8/23/22
Seven Ways To Evaluate Information (Via Feynman)
Farnam Street - 8/15/22
Five Great Ideas For Collaborative Projects
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/13/22
Remembering The Characteristics Of Effective Feedback
SmartBrief - 8/9/22
Strategies For Developing The “Why” In Middle School Math
Middle Web - 8/8/22
NYT Reader Comments: Is Homework Necessary?
New York Times - 8/6/22
Moving From Zero-Sum To Non-Competitive Education
Christensen Institute - 8/4/22
1:1 Tutoring Is The Best For Learning, But Hard To Scale
KQED - 8/1/22
How One Professors Starts Her Class: Two Different Introductions
Chronicle of Higher Education - 7/21/22
On Helping Students Practice Saying And Hearing The Word “No”
Edutopia - 7/11/22
On The Need Right Now To Embrace A Pedagogy Of Care
EdSurge - 7/8/22
“Be Brave And Reduce Content”
Chronicle of Higher Education - 7/7/22
7Taps: A Tool For Creating Microlessons For Students
Fast Company - 7/5/22

“7Taps is the best tool I’ve encountered for creating a quick microcourse. A microcourse is a miniature learning experience. It’s useful anytime you want to teach or explain something quickly and concisely, without creating a complex course or writing a long memo. Here’s one I created with 7Taps about how to spend less time on email. It took me about 25 minutes to create. It takes about three minutes to consume.”
Sharing Ideas In Online Courses Increases Persistence
EdSurge - 6/29/22
On The Power Of Pulse Checks
EdSurge - 6/26/22
Crowdsourced: What Should Teachers Know Before Teaching Their First Class?
Chronicle of Higher Education - 6/23/22
Recommendations For Talking With Children About Social And Emotional Development
Brookings - 6/22/22
Personalization, Zero-Sum, and Positive-Sum Thinking: Uniqueness Not Competition
Education Next - 6/21/22

“The good news is that moving to a mastery-based system and measuring students against a standard instead of each other can lift students and teachers into a positive-sum system. The success of some students would no longer be at the expense of others. Incorporating projects and small-group learning where students are actively giving each other feedback and supporting each other also helps lift students and educators into a positive-sum system.”
Looping: On The Benefit Of Having The Same Teacher More Than Once
EdWeek - 6/21/22
Backward Chaining: Starting Students Near The End, And Work Backwards
Cult of Pedagogy - 6/20/22

“If a student needs to create a presentation or write a paper based on research, and they don’t yet have the skills to find resources or take notes, you could supply them with pre-selected resources and pre-written notes on the topic, then just have them write the summary of the research. In the future, they can work on the research or notes part of the process until they get to the point of being able to do the whole thing from beginning to end.”
A Listening Strategy: Trade “Please Focus” For “How Are You?”
KQED - 6/15/22
What Is The Difference Between A Project And A Performance Task?
ASCD - 6/8/22
“What To Say To Kids When The News Is Scary”
KQED - 5/27/22
Leading And Learning With Empathy — For Equity
Learning Forward - 2/1/22
“Toward A New Grammar Of Schooling”
Kappan - 1/24/22
Close Reading One Teacher’s Opening Of Class Routine
Evidence-Informed English Teaching - 12/16/21
LAT Editorial In Support Of Mastery Based Learning
LA Times - 11/15/21
“How To Give Positive Feedback” [On Student Writing]
Edutopia - 11/11/21
“Argumentative Writing That Actually Listens To The Other Side” (Debate)
The Good Enough Teacher - 10/31/21
Some Strategies For Cultivating Belonging And Engagement
Global Online Academy - 10/19/21
Think - Pair - Share: How To Get It Right
ASCD - 10/13/21
Jigsawing: How It Works
Higher Ed Praxis - 10/12/21
Thinking Patterns For Before, During, And After Lessons
The Effortful Educator - 10/12/21
Ways To Build Movement Into Learning
Edutopia - 10/8/21
Chris Emdin: Seven Rights Of Students To Facilitate Engagement
KQED - 10/7/21
The Benefits Of Reading Aloud
NPR - 10/1/21
Two Tips For Discussions About Student Data
SmartBrief - 9/16/21
The Effects Of Having A Tangible Object In A Learning Experience
Thinking Outside The Brain - 9/15/21
On Putting Relationships At The Center Of Our Teaching
Hechinger Report - 9/9/21
On Shaping An Inquiry Based Classroom
History Tech - 9/8/21
Strategic Confusion, Cognitive Dissonance And Learning
John Spencer - 9/7/21
On Leveraging The Best Of Online Discussion Pedagogy For In Person Classes
NAIS - 9/7/21
Pointers For Using A Planner
ADDitude - 9/5/21
“What Differentiated Instruction Really Means”
ASCD - 9/1/21
“Rediscovering Relationship-Based Learning”
ASCD - 9/1/21
A Reflection On Rigor
LA Review of Books - 9/1/21
On The Effectiveness Of Daily Tutoring
Hechinger Report - 8/25/21
Four Ways Of Understanding Student Engagement
Intrepid News - 8/21/21
Deeper Learning: From Lessons To Learning Experiences
Global Online Academy - 8/19/21
6 Tips For Classroom Management
Edutopia - 8/13/21
Relationships And Rhythm: What We Need After Last Year
Edutopia - 8/9/21
“Why You Should Bring Podcasts Into Your Classroom”
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/8/21
An Exploration Of What Rigor Looks Like Across The Curriculum
Middle Web - 8/8/21
“Starting Class With A Warm Welcome”
Edutopia - 7/30/21
How To Establish A Homework Routine
ADDitude - 7/28/21
Ways To Keep Homework Organized
ADDitude - 7/28/21
A Reflection On And Case For Taking Notes By Hand
Edutopia - 7/13/21
“Instructional Planning After A Year Of Uncertainty”
ASCD - 7/1/21
A Defense Of Direct Instruction
Fordham Institute - 7/1/21
McTighe: Lessons Must Be Connected To Units, Curriculum
ASCD - 7/1/21
20+ Ways To Practice And Scaffold Universal Design For Learning
ASCD - 7/1/21
How To Plan Fair, Successful Group Work
ASCD - 7/1/21
Parenting And Education: What Is The Greater Equalizer, And How Do They Interrelate?
New York Times - 6/23/21

“As the skill premium and the economic cost of failing to ascend the education ladder rise in tandem, scholars find that adults are adopting differing parental styles — a crucial form of investment in the human capital of their children — and these differing styles appear to be further entrenching inequality.”
Why You Should Bring Your Hobbies To Your Classroom
Edutopia - 6/22/21
“Four Emerging Trends In High School Education Transformation”
Minerva Project - 6/10/21
7 Questions For Planning Inspiring Courses This Fall
ASCD - 6/1/21
Eric Mazur, Harvard’s Pedagogy Guru, Celebrates Opportunity In Online Learning
Chronicle of Higher Education - 5/27/21
“13 Online Strategies For All Learning Environments” Post Pandemic
Global Online Academy - 5/27/21
VR As A Tool For Teaching Empathy
NAIS - 5/25/21
Three Suggestions For Turning Your AP Curriculum Project Based
SmartBrief - 5/20/21
Jennifer Gonzalez Summarizes Lessons For Post-Pandemic Learning
Cult of Pedagogy - 5/16/21
Four Lessons From The Past Year For Post-Pandemic Teaching
King's Academy - 5/15/21
On Planning For Day One
ASCD - 5/13/21
More On The Invaluable Benefits Of Play
Hechinger Report - 5/13/21
Why Drawing Is Such A Potent Teaching Technique
3-Star Learning Experiences - 5/4/21
“Four Practices to Support the Shift from Grading to Feedback”
Global Online Academy - 5/3/21
How One District Moved To Competency Based Learning
K12 Dive - 5/3/21
11 Approaches To Keep Post Pandemic
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 5/1/21
Six Zombie Ideas In Teaching & Learning That Should Disappear
ASCD - 5/1/21
Teacher Decision Making Before And During Lessons
Larry Cuban - 4/28/21
The Instructional Core During the Pandemic: Students, Content, and… Parents?
Larry Cuban - 4/25/21
Drawing A Face, In 11 Levels Of Complexity
Kottke - 4/22/21
“What Today’s Classrooms Can Learn From Ancient Cultures”
KQED - 4/14/21
Four Reasons Why Homework Is Helpful
Atlantic - 4/13/21
What Changes From The Pandemic Are Worth Keeping?
Chronicle of Higher Education - 4/1/21
Hattie: “A Meta-Analysis Of Ten Learning Techniques”
Frontiers In Education - 3/31/21
An Introduction To Universal Design For Learning (UDL)
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/21/21
Sketchnoting: Taking Notes With Small Drawings
KQED - 3/21/21
“Four Learning Models That Are Working In Remote Classrooms”
AJ Jiuliani - 3/9/21
5 Ways To Foster Well-Being And Resilience In The Classroom
ASCD - 3/9/21
“How To Set Up Mastery Based Grading In Your Classroom”
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/7/21
“Focused Feedback: Why Less Is More”
Improving Teaching - 2/28/21
“Why You Should Ban Debate In Your Classroom”
Mike Kaechele - 2/22/21

“Debate reinforces the idea that all issues only have two polar opposite viewpoints and that you must choose one.”
Build Student Success With Knowledge, Skills, Environment & Motivation
EdSurge - 2/22/21
“I Actually Like Teaching On Zoom”
New York Times - 2/15/21
Can We Build Comfort With Uncertainty Further Into Our Learning Experiences?
EdWeek - 2/8/21

“There is a final step in the process of teaching students to change their minds: We—not just educators, but also school leaders, politicians, parents, and citizens—need to abandon our own desires to present certainty in our opinions and start revealing just how often we, too, change.”
Seven Reasons Students Should Show Their Work
John Spencer - 2/4/21
“Should Teachers Be Apolitical?”
Hechinger Report - 2/2/21
"Asynchronous Learning: The Answer to Mid-Year Monotony and Teacher Burn-Out?”
Education Rickshaw - 1/29/21
Jay McTighe: “8 Quick Checks For Understanding”
Edutopia - 1/28/21
From UX Design To Learner Experience Design
Global Online Academy - 1/28/21
One Teacher Reflects On Mastery Learning
Middle Web - 1/27/21
Students Say Workload Has Increased. Is It True? Six Hypotheses.
Wake Forest University - 1/22/21

“Hypothesis 4: Many students could do well with less effort in the past. The most interesting of all six hypotheses, and the one I’ve thought the most about, is that our experience this semester has revealed an unfortunate truth about how teaching and learning took place prior to the pandemic. This theory, explained by Jody Greene in the widely-shared Twitter thread below, suggests that students are experiencing more work because of a fundamental difference between online courses and the typical in-person course. While there may be no difference in how much work is expected of students in these courses, there is often a difference in how much work is required.”
What If You Could Redesign School Entirely? This Group Did.
Global Online Academy - 1/21/21

“During the 2019-2020 school year, a group of teachers at Phillips Academy had the opportunity to design an immersive, term-long program called the Workshop. The basic parameters were: The Workshop would be a student’s sole academic commitment; they would stop all other classes. It would be ten weeks long. It would be made up of 17 students and six teachers (who would teach part-time in the Workshop and continue to teach other courses). It would be ungraded. We developed three mastery credits and used the Mastery Transcript. The theme would be "Community, Class, and Carbon.”“
“Daily Silent Reading In Hybrid Classrooms”
Middle Web - 1/20/21
A Synthesis Of Research On Competency Based Learning: 2000-2019
Aurora Institute - 1/20/21
The Daily Dedication: A Ritual For Building Trust And Community In Class
Edutopia - 1/8/21
A Framework For What Issues Are Open For Discussion In Class
Kappan - 1/7/21
500 Educators Reflect On What Worked This Fall. Here Are Some Notes
Steve Blank - 12/28/20
A Case For Making Learning Intentions Visible
ASCD - 12/10/20
What Has Worked For Building Relationships When Remote
ASCD - 12/8/20
“When You Get Into Unschooling, It’s Almost Like A Religion”
New York Times - 9/25/20
“What Is Good Teaching?”
Atlantic - 9/16/20
Screenbreakers: A Website that Provides Icebreakers For Virtual Classes
Melt Break Shatter - 8/31/20
“5 Ways to Get to Know Your Students in Virtual and Hybrid Environments”
John Spencer - 8/24/20
“Principles To Improve The Effectiveness Of Instructional Videos”
The Effortful Educator - 7/31/20
One Professor’s Experience Teaching With Masks And Distancing This Summer
Inside Higher Ed - 7/22/20
What Universal Design For Learning Can Teach Us About Teaching Online
KQED - 7/21/20
On The Importance Of Play In Online (Elementary) Learning
Edutopia - 7/6/20
"What Makes An Excellent Online Teacher?”
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 7/1/20
Five Norms And Five Rubrics For High-Quality Online Learning
Global Online Academy - 6/24/20

“We created these resources to set a clear standard for assessing online learning experiences and to provide educators and school leaders concrete, actionable ideas and strategies. At the core, the norms and rubrics should drive 1) decisions about online curriculum and instruction 2) educator self-assessment and coaching conversations on online learning design and 3) thoughtful and intentional use of technology to support student learning outcomes.”
“Reopen Schools With A ‘Golden Age Of Play’”
CNN - 6/10/20

“For older middle schoolers and high schoolers, recess and free play can take the form of frequent break times, self-determined passion projects and learning to solve real problems in their communities. As the American Academy of Pediatrics has noted, "Cognitive processing and academic performance depend on regular breaks from concentrated classroom work. This applies equally to adolescents and to younger children.”"
“Building Kids’ Resilience Through Play Is More Crucial Than Ever”
Scientific American - 6/3/20
“A Working Document For Scaffolding Anti-Racism Resources”
Google Docs - 6/1/20
“Why Middle Schoolers Thrive In A Self-Paced Classroom”
EdSurge - 6/1/20
Three Strategies For Better Online Discussions
ASCD - 6/1/20
A Reminder That Good Teaching Starts With Good Planning
Lehrer Werkstatt - 5/31/20
A Lesson For How To Open Discussion With Students About The George Floyd Protests
PBS Newshour - 5/29/20
Long Blocks: Synchronous Beginnings, Asynchronous Middles
Teach Like A Champion - 5/27/20
Research: How Problem-Solving Before Instruction Influences Learning
Taylor & Francis - 5/22/20
“Exploring The Evidence On Virtual And Blended Learning”
NYU Steinhardt - 5/21/20
“What Frustrates Students Most About Online Classes”
Norman Eng - 5/17/20

“As Spring 2020 comes to a close, I decided to take stock. What worked in my online class during COVID-19 and what didn’t, from a teaching perspective? What can I take away for next semester? So, I conducted an informal survey last week with my students. Thirty-four responded.”
Care Must Come First When Planning Classes For The Fall
Hastac - 5/11/20
Flash Feedback: Quick Feedback Interventions
Cult of Pedagogy - 5/10/20
The Longest, Growing List Of Free COVID-19 Resources For Teachers
SmartBrief - 5/4/20
“Why You Shouldn’t Try To Replicate Your Classroom Teaching Online”
Chronicle of Higher Education - 4/30/20
What Activities Are Best For Synchronous And Asynchronous Learning?
Twitter - 4/26/20
Why Some Kids Are Thriving During Remote Learning
Edutopia - 4/24/20
“Practical Tips for Teaching Online Small-Group Discussions”
ASCD - 4/23/20
Abandon Distance Learning: Helps Parents Teach Their Kids
Atlantic - 4/20/20
“Online Learning Should Return To A Supporting Role”
New York Times - 4/9/20
How One Harvard Prof Is Taking The Case Method Online
Harvard Business Review - 4/7/20
Thoughts On Ways To Assess Discussions
ASCD - 4/1/20
An Excellent Breakdown Of Synchronous & Asynchronous Learning Mechanics
Education Rickshaw - 3/30/20

“I think all teachers teaching online during the Coronavirus online learning period should pay particularly close attention to the Transactional Distance Theory’s core constructs of dialogue and structure.”
A Thorough List Of Resources For Online Learning
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/30/20
A Reminder Of The Importance Of Trying Hard Things
Cal Newport - 3/29/20
A Play-By-Play Of One Harvard Professor’s Interactive Zoom Lecture
Harvard - 3/24/20
Keep In Touch With Your Students. They Need You. Videos Help.
KQED - 3/24/20
COVID-19: Harvard’s Tips For Designing Online Classes
Harvard - 3/22/20
COVID-19: “Panic-gogy” - Pedagogy For The Short Term
KQED - 3/19/20
Research: “The Seven Principles Of Online Learning”
Association For Learning Technology - 3/17/20

“The results demonstrated that holding students to high standards of performance, academic honesty and professional conduct was the most important factor to both faculty in their online teaching and alumni in their online learning. Additionally, alumni valued engagement with their faculty more than engagement with other students or course content. Students need an online instructor who is organised and communicative in the online classroom, and faculty need a solidly designed online classroom, with engaged students who are timely in their work. An analysis of the findings with specific application to online teaching and learning is presented in this article.”
“Online Assignments: Best Practices for Teachers to Use With Students”
Understood - 3/16/20
COVID-19: If You're Just Getting Started With Preparing For Online T&L
KQED - 3/16/20
COVID-19: 5 Tips For Designing Excellent Video Calls (And Classes)
GOA - 3/13/20
COVID-19: “Please Do A Bad Job Of Putting Your Courses Online”
Any Good Thing - 3/12/20
COVID-19: 5 More Useful Tips For Designing Video Conference Classes
EdSurge - 3/11/20
Can You Teach Online With Only Email?
Homonym - 3/10/20
US Dept of Ed: “Supporting Continuity Of Teaching & Learning During An Emergency”
US Department of Education - 3/7/20
COVID-19: 4 General Tips For Teaching Online
GOA - 3/2/20
In Defense Of Educational Theory
John Spencer - 3/2/20
A Long Meditation On Transfer: What Makes For Near And Far Transfer
American Educator - 3/1/20
A Reflection Feedback: How To Sustainability Provide Regular, Quality Feedback
EdSurge - 2/18/20
“15 Strategies For Online Learning When School Is Closed”
Global Online Academy - 2/6/20
D&D: “Five Best Practices Teachers Can Learn From Dungeon Masters”
KQED - 2/6/20
On The Importance Of Play In Kindergarten
EdSurge - 2/4/20
Does Pairing And Sharing Actually Help Learning? (Yes.)
Hechinger Report - 2/3/20

“Students didn’t always learn more from interacting with each other than working alone in the 71 underlying studies. The ones that produced the strongest learning gains for peer interaction were those where adults gave children clear instructions for what do during their conversations. Explicit instructions to “arrive at a consensus” or “make sure you understand your partner’s perspective” helped children learn more.”
A Toolkit For Helping Teachers And Administrators Embrace Makerspaces
EdSurge - 2/1/20
In Praise Of Praise
CNN - 1/30/20

“The higher the ratio between the two -- the more a teacher praised and the less they scolded -- the better kids stayed focused on their lessons.”
“How Strengthening Relationships With Boys Can Help Them Learn”
KQED - 1/29/20
Five Strategies For Nurturing Global Perspectives In Students
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 1/6/20
How AP Testing Has Shifted Over The Years
Washington Post - 12/16/19

“In the first year of the program… the English exams included a variety of writing tasks, each designed to train students to engage with information in different ways. The hope was to simultaneously strengthen and diversify students’ skill sets as readers, writers and independent thinkers.”
“Six Thinking Scaffolds… [For] Deeper Levels Of Understanding”
KQED - 12/15/19
An Excellent List Of Assignments Using The New York Times
New York Times - 11/19/19
CompetencyWorks Updates Definition Of Competency-Based Education
iNACOL - 11/14/19
On Setting Goals And Intentions Together With Students
Edutopia - 11/12/19
“Student Voice: Building things made my education feel relevant”
Hechinger Report - 11/7/19
More On Student Perceptions Of Benefits Of Active v. Passive Learning
Character Lab - 11/3/19
Moving Through Material Faster Does Not Correlate With Better Learning
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 11/1/19
“If We Are Not Struggling, We Are Not Learning”
EdSurge - 10/28/19
Embodied Cognition: Dance Your Science Class For Better Mastery
Chronicle of Higher Education - 10/24/19

“These strategies have led to some pretty good results, the professors say. In a common national exam created by the American Chemical Society for undergraduate curricula, their students have performed well above the national average. The mean score is around the 80th percentile. (The national average would be the 50th.)”
Understanding The Benefits And Limits Of Restorative Justice
Hechinger Report - 10/21/19

“Restorative processes are intended to reduce the shame and stigma associated with negative behaviors, and to avoid ostracizing wrongdoers.”
Is Collaborative Play Essential For Driving Student Excellence?
NPR - 10/15/19
On Dual Language Immersion Programs
New Mexico In Depth - 10/10/19
“Students Learn More From Inquiry Based Teaching”
EdWeek - 10/8/19
Six Models For Team Teaching A Course
Edutopia - 10/8/19
3 Approaches To Turning Lectures Into Active Learning Exercises
Chronicle of Higher Education - 10/3/19
Six Basic Pedagogical Tools, With A Lengthy Introduction
MLA - 10/1/19
Five Ways To “[Design] Schools For How Humans Learn”
Getting Smart - 9/27/19
“What Makes A Great Teacher: Pedagogy Or Personality?”
EdWeek - 9/25/19

“A teacher can be soft-spoken, not someone we’d describe as extroverted or funny, but still create an excellent learning environment. What really matters is the ability to demonstrate compassion and emotional constancy, the cultural competency needed to develop trust and understanding with students, and the courage to, as Brené Brown writes, take risks and be vulnerable."
Great Teachers Are Aware of These Five Things
EdWeek - 9/25/19

“Rodriguez and her team include five distinct “awarenesses” in their framework: Awareness of the self as a teacher, awareness of the teaching process, awareness of the learner, awareness of interaction, and awareness of context. Each is a continuum, and teachers develop them at varying rates.”
"How To Teach Summarizing”
Shanahan On Literacy - 9/13/19
A Theoretical Breakdown Of Lesson Design Via Backwards Planning
eLiterate - 9/11/19
“3 Ways To Boost Students’ Conceptual Thinking”
Edutopia - 9/10/19
A Strengths-Based Approach To Teaching Languages
SmartBrief - 9/10/19
How To Respond To A Silent Class
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/18/19
On The Risks Of Cold-Calling, And How To Create Safe Discussions
Chronicle of Higher Education - 8/15/19
How Some Teachers User Timer Countdowns To Help Students
Washington Post - 8/9/19
How One Teacher Uses Daily YouTube Videos To Help Students
WSVN - 8/8/19
Tips For Parents Of Middle School Kids
KQED - 8/7/19
“A Few Ideas For Dealing With Late Work”
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/4/19
Flipped Classroom: Short Term Gains, But Widened Racial Achievement Gap
MIT - 8/1/19
Formal Vs. Informal Learning. Definitions.
LearnUpon - 7/25/19

“Formal and informal learning are two opposing learning styles. One is pragmatic and organized. The other, casual and unstructured. We’ve written about the merits and methods of both in the past, but today, we’re doing an ultimate comparison.”
How (And Why) To Assign Student-Made Graphic Novels
Cult of Pedagogy - 7/21/19
What Does “Whole Child” Education Mean, Anyway?
EdSurge - 7/16/19
Duckworth Et Al. Research Peer Tutoring, Find Benefits
Education Dive - 7/16/19
Reflections On Computational Thinking In The Classroom
Medium - 7/11/19
An Examination Of Personalized Learning Efforts In Rhode Island
New Yorker - 7/10/19
What Does The Way People Ask Questions Tell Us About Them?
Behavioral Scientist - 6/19/19
How Reviewing Tests With Students Supports Their Learning
KQED - 6/16/19
7 Course Design Principles To Drive Completion Of Online Learning
EdSurge - 6/6/19
Should Students Be Able To See And Discuss A Test Before Taking It?
Edutopia - 6/6/19
"3 Ways Educators Can Dig Deeper In Lessons On Historical Conflicts”
Education Dive - 6/5/19
Critical Pedagogy: Being Aware Of How One Is Taught
EdSurge - 6/4/19

“We have a conversation in class, and then we have a Twitter chat, and then we have a conversation about what's possible in a Twitter chat versus what's possible in a classroom.”
The Elements Of Maker Education — Designing New Assessment Forms
Hechinger Report - 5/26/19
7 Suggestions For Strengthening Class Discussion
Chronicle of Higher Education - 5/23/19
Some Methods For Engagement, From An Analysis Of 25 TED Talks
Inc. - 5/16/19
On How Teaching (Math) Could Be Like Coaching Football
New York Times - 5/11/19

“Students are affected by more than just the quality of a lesson plan. They also respond to the passion of their teachers and the engagement of their peers, and they seek a sense of purpose. They benefit from specific instructions, constant feedback and a culture of learning that encourages resilience in the face of failure — not unlike a football practice. There are many ways to be an effective teacher, just as there are many ways to be an effective coach. But all good teachers, like good coaches, communicate that they care about your goals.”
“Project-Based Learning Boosts Student Engagement, Understanding”
Hechinger Report - 5/8/19
On Classroom Management - No Matter Where You Teach
We Are Teachers - 5/6/19

“Always default to compassion.”
"Personalized Learning Wasn’t Invented By Silicon Valley”
Hechinger Report - 5/6/19

“In 1907, a teacher from Italy proposed a new vision for the modern classroom… She designed a teaching style intended to identify and cultivate the unique potential, interests and aspirations of each learner. She named it after herself: the Montessori Method."
A Three Step Model For Critical Thinking
Harvard Business Review - 5/6/19
“What Is A Montessori Teacher?”
Education Dive - 4/30/19
On Raising Self-Responsible Kids In A Self-Responsible World
Time - 4/26/19
In Defense Of Direct Instruction
Medium - 4/25/19

“Teachers want the freedom to be able to bounce from idea to idea and ask students to make those important cognitive connections. However, without a foundation of skills and knowledge, those leaps in higher order thinking are impossible.”
On Asking Questions, And Letting Students Answer
Character Lab - 4/21/19
Montessori Education As Primer For Self-Directed Learning
Hechinger Report - 4/18/19
A Reflection On The Role Of Video In Teaching
EdSurge - 4/18/19
Middle School Teachers: Reading Aloud To Students Is Good At All Ages
School News Network - 4/16/19
One Teachers Story Of Using Hip-Hop To Help Kids Share Themselves
EdSurge - 4/16/19
“Art Can Make Science Easier To Remember”
Science News for Students - 4/15/19
Profs Reflect On Teaching In The Face Of Student Tech Distraction
Chronicle of Higher Education - 4/7/19
6 Reasons One-On-One Conferences Help Students
ASCD - 4/4/19
Some Reflections On Teaching For Deeper Learning
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 4/1/19
Classroom Management: A Helpful Tiered Scale Of Teacher Interventions
KQED - 3/31/19
A Case Study Of A School Focused On Intrinsic Motivation
Hechinger Report - 3/27/19

“Students don’t do particularly well on standardized tests at The Met… School leaders, though, don’t pay much attention to test scores. Nancy Diaz Bain, a co-director, said she and her colleagues prefer to keep track of state survey data about student engagement, parent feedback about their children’s progress, student behavior, graduation rates and student performance in college courses. When students from The Met take and pass college courses in high school – which all of them do – they not only prove they can handle advanced coursework, they save money on an eventual degree, Diaz Bain said. And the other metrics about student engagement and success persuade school leaders that the model works.”
A Teacher Reflects On How Allowing Resubmissions Changed Classroom Culture
EdSurge - 3/13/19
"Movement And Breathing Breaks Help Students Stay Focused On Learning”
KQED - 3/3/19
Reflections On The “Why” Of Classroom Instruction
ASCD - 3/1/19

"I'm not prescient enough to know the best why for instructional principles and practices in our schools, but here are a few possibilities1 that I believe would take us in a markedly more compelling direction as we answer the question, "Why do we instruct young people?”"
A Case For Mastery Teaching As Equitable Teaching
Hechinger Report - 3/1/19
The Way We Ask Questions Matters (Via Research Polls)
WBUR - 2/27/19
A Method For Writing Essay Questions That Scaffold Responses
4QM Teaching - 2/24/19
A Variety Of Reflections On Shaping Good Questions
History Tech - 2/22/19
Role Playing Games In/As School: A Whole New Level
KQED - 2/20/19
Hawken School Buys Neighbor School To Build Mastery School
Cleveland - 2/14/19
Some Writing And Research On Game-Based Learning
LinkedIn - 2/11/19
3 Assignments For “Using Sports To Develop Evidence-Based Arguments”
New York Times - 2/7/19
On How Teaching And Coaching (Sports) Inform Each Other
KQED - 2/7/19
"Love What You Do In Front Of The Kids In Your Life”
Austin Kleon - 2/5/19

"If we want to raise whole human beings, we have to become whole human beings ourselves. This is the really, really hard work. Want your kids to read more? Let them see you reading every day. Want your kids to practice an instrument? Let them see you practicing an instrument. Want your kids to spend more time outside? Let them see you without your phone.”
College Instructor Reshapes 75 Minute Lecture Blocks For Active Learning
Chronicle of Higher Education - 1/17/19
A Free edX Course On Competency Based Learning: Opportunities And Costs
KQED - 1/14/19
"4 Shifts To Move From Teacher Centered To Learner Centered”
Katie L. Martin - 1/13/19
The 2019 Innovating Pedagogy Report
Open University - 1/2/19

“This seventh report… proposes ten innovations that are already in currency but have not had a profound influence on education in their current form.”
Dungeons & Dragons Is Still In The News - For Humanities Classes
WNYC - 1/2/19
5 Tips For Creating (Constructive) Boredom In Class
ASCD - 1/1/19

"To be clear, the goal is not to create inherently boring classrooms with boring teachers delivering boring lectures. Permanent or extended boredom in school can lead to lower engagement and lower motivation, which can lead to lower student achievement levels and higher truancy rates (Saeed & Zyngier, 2012). Instead, the goal is to help students use boredom strategically to increase their creative thinking. The key difference between strategic boredom and permanent boredom has to do with duration, purpose, and agency.”
Understanding “Productive Struggle”
ASCD - 12/13/18
Try Switching From Modeling To: “You Do, We Do, I Do”
ASCD - 12/13/18

“Inquiry-based lessons … begin with "you do" and give students the opportunity to figure things out for themselves. They rely on the first of the eight practice standards: Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them. The theory is that if a student works through the steps on his or her own, that student has a higher likelihood of retaining the information than if he or she were simply given steps to follow.”
Five Elements Of Play That Lead To Learning (Via Toy Shopping)
Brookings - 12/10/18
A Short Exploration Of Team Teaching
Larry Cuban - 12/9/18
Try Having Students Free Read For The First 10 Minutes Of Class. Every Day.
Medium - 12/5/18
What A Deep Commitment To Competency Based Schooling Looks Like
Global Online Academy - 12/5/18
“Six Questions We Should Be Asking About Personalized Learning”
EdWeek - 12/3/18
Reciprocal Teaching, A Four-Person Reading Strategy
ASCD - 12/1/18
Three Ways To Provide Choice/Autonomy In Assignments
THE Journal - 11/27/18
On “CUREs” Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences
Forbes - 11/26/18

“CUREs have five defining characteristics. First, they contain an element of discovery: the student scientists are bringing brand-new data to light. Second, the experimentation in which they engage involves “iteration”: repeating a process a number of times, altering a single variable to find out what happens. Third, participants experience a significant degree of collaboration, with their peers and with the expert scientists who are their instructors. Fourth, students learn how to execute professional practices, from using techniques like pipetting to applying meta-theories like the scientific method. And fifth, the subject of their investigations is “broadly relevant”—of interest to people outside the class and perhaps even worthy of publication in a scientific journal.”
On Transitioning From Age/Grade Level To Multi-Age Classrooms
District Administration - 11/20/18
6 Tools For Turning Arguments And Debate Into Conversation
TED - 11/19/18
On Asking Good Questions For Writing Prompts (And Discussions)
4QM Teaching - 11/18/18
Audrey Watters Tweetstorm: On The History Of Personalized Learning
Twitter - 11/16/18

“"Personalized learning" is not new. Know your history. It predates "Silicon Valley" and it pre-dates educational computing and it most certainly pre-dates Khan Academy… Educational psychologists have been building machines to do this -- supposedly to function like a tutor -- for almost 100 years.”
Is Personalized Learning A Fad? Let’s Look At How It’s Going.
NPR - 11/16/18
A Primer On “Deeper Learning”
ASCD - 11/16/18
Question Formulation Technique: Great For Students — And Parents
KQED - 11/14/18
More Descriptions Of The Many Definitions Of Personalized Learning
EdWeek - 11/7/18
“To Learn, Students Need To DO Something”
Cult of Pedagogy - 11/4/18
An Explanation And Example Of The Jigsaw Classroom Strategy
ASCD - 11/1/18
Strategies For Building Community (Not Control) In Class
ASCD - 11/1/18
On How Cultural Relevance Is Useful When Personalizing Lessons
Hechinger Report - 11/1/18
Defining Rigor, Defending It, Improving It - For All Classrooms
Education Dive - 10/23/18

“Rigor is not about making student tasks and assessments harder, but about creating high expectations for learning, supporting students as they perform at higher levels, and allowing students to demonstrate that they have learned at those levels.”
"The High Return Activity Of Raising Others’ Aspirations”
Marginal Revolution - 10/21/18

“At critical moments in time, you can raise the aspirations of other people significantly, especially when they are relatively young, simply by suggesting they do something better or more ambitious than what they might have in mind.”
Maine Went All In On “Proficiency Based Learning” — Then Rolled It Back
Chalkbeat - 10/18/18

“Meanwhile, new research documents the challenges that beset the effort seemingly from day one. And there remains little evidence that proficiency-based education has boosted student learning, in Maine or elsewhere.”
Dungeons & Dragons Continues To Make (Good) Headlines In Schools
KQED - 10/18/18

“Dungeons & Dragons is an innately multidisciplinary and multimodal experience, which is why scholars and educators like Wells tend to describe its learning benefits in terms of lists and inventories. Its implementation as an instructional tool, then, is not only fun, but also becomes a sort of curricular node with the capacity to engage students in a wide array of skills and subjects.”
Audrey Watters On B. F. Skinner And Button Pushing
Hack Education - 10/18/18
"How To Design A Competency-Based Assessment”
Global Online Academy - 10/17/18
On Silence As A Pedagogical Tool
Edutopia - 10/15/18

“Silence offers a structure that encourages internal discipline, and as a result, greater capacity for free thinking. It is an essential element of a pedagogical practice that supports ideas of continual growth, possibility, and fundamental care of students.”
On The Misuse Of Bloom’s Taxonomy, And The Importance Of Knowing Things
Medium - 9/27/18
Teacher- And Student-Centered Versions Of “Personalized Learning”
Larry Cuban - 9/27/18

“Let me be clear, I place no value for either end (or the middle) of the “personalized learning” continuum.”
Teaching Doesn’t Need To Start At The Bottom Of Bloom’s Taxonomy
EdWeek - 9/25/18
Business School Stakeholders Reconsider The Case Method
Quartz - 9/24/18
Group Work: Better For Helping Students Reach Individual Goals
Hechinger Report - 9/24/18
“The Importance Of The First Two Weeks”
Thomas Guskey - 9/19/18
Is Email More Effective For Online Discussion Than Online Forums?
Dan Meyer - 9/19/18
On The Value Of 1-On-1 Conferences With Students
EdSurge - 9/18/18
A Simple Example Of How Modeling A Behavior Leads To Imitation
Austin Kleon - 9/11/18

“[My 5-year-old] sees me cutting things up and glueing them into my diary every morning, and he always wants to look at my notebook, so one day I (as casually as possible) asked him if he’d like his own special notebook to keep a diary in. That’s how he got started.”
Can The Parenting Metaphor—Gardener v. Carpenter—Work For Teachers?
Quartz - 9/6/18
On Using Makerspaces Throughout The Curriculum
THE Journal - 9/4/18

"I don't think that it would be wise, necessarily, to not have disciplines where kids can go deeply into the mastery of those disciplinary ways of thinking, but I don't think that it should stop there. History class should not necessarily just be about learning to think like a historian, it should also now include the juxtaposition of the historical way of thinking with other ways of solving problems.”
iNACOL’s State Policy Guide For Moving To Competency Teaching
iNACOL - 9/1/18
Is Free Play In Childhood The Solution To Our Partisan Politics?
New York Times - 9/1/18

“The constant presence of adults is intended to keep children safe, but what are its likely effects? How might kids deprived of opportunities for free play, risk-taking and self-governance differ from previous generations when they leave the nest? We would expect two main areas of difficulty.”
Three Questions For Assessing Media Validity
National Council for the Social Studies - 9/1/18
“5 Proven Benefits Of Play”
NPR - 8/31/18
One Method For Convening Class Discussions Of A Text
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/26/18

“When they arrive in class, students get into small groups, where they have 15 minutes to share thoughts, lingering questions, and epiphanies (TQEs) they have about the reading… By the time the 15 minutes is up, each group needs to choose their top 2 TQEs from the group and write them on the board… Thompson then moderates a whole-class discussion of the reading, using the TQEs that have been written on the board. This takes about 40 minutes of class time.”
"The Best Experts Sometimes Make The Worst Educators”
New York Times - 8/25/18

“It wasn't that they didn't care about teaching. It was that they knew too much about their subject, and had mastered it too long ago, to relate to my ignorance about it.”
"What ‘Mastery-Based’ Can Look Like In The [Elementary] Classroom”
Hechinger Report - 8/23/18
School Stages Murder Mystery As Tool For Using Evidence To Make An Argument
ThisWeek - 8/21/18

"The purpose is to get students thinking about how to frame an argument and defend their position using facts. As part of the unit, students work in teams and must write rationales for their case theories.”
The Cases For And Against Homework In Elementary School
Chicago Tribunte - 8/9/18
One District Goes Full Competency-Based, Has No Grade Levels
Hechinger Report - 7/30/18
How Teacher Content Knowledge Is Both Blessing And Curse
Dan Meyer - 7/26/18

"Make yourself more interested in the sense that your students are making rather than the sense they aren’t making. Celebrate and build on that sense.”
Making Makerspaces On The Cheap
Hechinger Report - 7/5/18
Jay McTighe Writes “Three Lessons For Teachers From Grant Wiggins”
Jay McTighe - 7/1/18
“Understanding Learner Variability” - Rebooting Learning Styles?
THE Journal - 6/17/18
3 Kinds Of Play, And Their Many Benefits
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 6/12/18
Daniel Willingham On “The End Of Average”
EdSurge - 6/11/18

“Human ability is not one thing, so it doesn’t make sense to talk about someone as “smart” or “dumb.” That’s unidimensional. Someone might be very good with numbers, very bad with words, about average in using space, and gifted in using of visual imagery. Indeed, any teacher will have noticed that different students have different strengths and weaknesses of this sort.”
Mr. Rogers’ Writers Deconstruct His Precise Rules Of Language
Atlantic - 6/8/18
Five Ways To Give Meaningful Feedback in Less Time
ASCD - 6/1/18

“There are many alternative grading schemes designed to ensure that feedback and reflection is a collaboration between the teacher and student, and not another thing teachers must do on their own.”
One Teacher Considers The Role Of Empiricism And Intuition In Teaching
Peddie - 6/1/18
On Giving Video Feedback To Student Work (With Samples)
Hechinger Report - 5/23/18

“Our brain has evolved to communicate face-to-face, the more we go away from that specific channel, the less efficient we are.”
“What Is The Point Of A Makerspace?”
Cult of Pedagogy - 5/20/18
5 Tips For Crafting Good Questions In English Classrooms
UnboundEd - 5/16/18
On The Effectiveness of Backwards Goal-Planning… For Students.
KQED - 5/8/18
On Letting Kids Lead In Library-Based Makerspaces
School Library Journal - 5/8/18
Flipped Classroom Does Not Help Grades In A Health Science Course
Campus Technology - 4/19/18
How Post-Exam Reviews Can Enhance Learning
Faculty Focus - 4/18/18
"It Matters A Lot Who Teaches Introductory Courses. Here’s Why.”
Chronicle of Higher Education - 4/15/18
Making Classwork Personally Relevant Increases Engagement
PLOS One - 4/11/18

“We found that personal microbiome analysis significantly enhanced the engagement and interest of students while completing microbiome assignments, the self-reported time students spent researching the microbiome during the two week microbiome unit, and the attitudes of students regarding the course overall.”
“Frickin Packets”: A Deep Dive Into The Good And Bad Of Worksheets
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/26/18
Exploring The Evidence Landscape Of Field Trip Effectiveness
Larry Cuban - 3/26/18
3 General Trends In How Teaching Has Changed, 1890 - 2010
Larry Cuban - 3/21/18
Let’s Not Throw Away Direct Instruction Just Yet
Larry Cuban - 3/15/18
Conversation Is Key. Talk With—Not To—Kids To Maximize Learning.
Hechinger Report - 3/12/18
Four Types Of Play For Your Students
Quartz - 2/28/18
A Framework For High-Quality Project-Based Learning
KQED - 2/22/18
How Makerspaces Can Change Attitudes
Scientific American - 2/7/18
On Using YouTube Video Essays In Class
KQED - 2/5/18
Strengths-Based Learning: Is That A Thing?
Hechinger Report - 2/2/18

"Though grounded in complex positive psychology research, the strength-based approach boils down to a simple rule: Focus on what students do well. It feels natural to do the opposite, because pulling up areas of weakness can seem like the best way to help children grow.”
On Fostering Civil Discourse On Controversial Topics In Class
Kappan - 2/1/18
Does Bloom’s Two-Sigma Claim About Tutoring Hold Up Today?
Chalkbeat - 1/29/18
A Case For Longer Classes: Do 45-Minute Classes “Stall Learning”?
Hechinger Report - 1/25/18
"10 Key Points About Active Learning”
Inside Higher Ed - 1/25/18
Universal Design For Learning (UDL): Accessibility Helps Everyone
EdWeek - 1/24/18

"In the same way the wheelchair ramp also helps all passengers, I have witnessed how my own (inexpert) shift toward UDL has helped all my students, not just the ones with the quirky learning profiles.”
A Grad Student Discovers Active Learning
Towards Data Science - 1/24/18
Five More Tips For Giving Good Feedback
Edutopia - 1/19/18
“Inviting Controversy Into Our Classrooms”
Cult of Pedagogy - 1/14/18
A Reminder Of The 7 Characteristics Of Effective Feedback
ASCD - 1/11/18
Wait Time, A Reminder: It Makes A Big Difference
Edutopia - 1/10/18
Jumping Into The Deep End: Should Learning Start With The Basics?
EdWeek - 1/4/18

“Foundations before choice. Learn the notes before you play the concerto. But while it is true that most fields have some sequential ordering of topics, it is also true that what David Perkins calls "playing the whole game at the junior level" has a lot of advantages. Perkins cites Little League as an example: we don't spend a year learning to throw, another to catch, another to bat; rather, we play the whole game of baseball from the beginning, just at the junior level. Playing the whole game gives young players a chance to see how the sport as a whole works, and, just as critically, it means that they get to see why one would want to play the sport. This engenders motivation, which is what provides the fuel to practice the parts.”
"Top 10 Reasons Students Plagiarize & What Teachers Can Do About It”
Kappan - 1/3/18
A Review Of Those Recent Studies Of The Montessori Method
Hechinger Report - 1/1/18
"The Chronicle’s Best Ideas For Teaching, 2017” [PDF]
Chronicle of Higher Education - 12/31/17
On The Difference Between Product Goals And Process Goals
Spencer Ideas - 12/31/17
Five Mistaken Assumptions Made In Math Instruction
Getting Smart - 12/28/17
Competency-Based… Project-Based… All Basically: Active Learning?
EdSurge - 12/27/17
Punishment Does Not Help Promote The Common Good
Science Daily - 12/27/17
Funding, Expertise, Ideology, and Flak Shape “Personalized Learning”
Long View On Education - 12/16/17
5 Examples Of Hands-On, Maker Education In Classrooms
EdSurge - 12/12/17
Learning Beyond School Walls In A Competency Model
Hechinger Report - 12/7/17
"How To Write A Competency”
Global Online Academy - 12/5/17
Reflections On How To Run 20% Time In Schools,
KQED - 12/4/17
There's A Growing Desire For Research About What Works In Schools
Guardian - 11/23/17
Idaho Goes Fully Mastery-Based For Its K-12 Curriculum
Idaho Ed News - 11/20/17
Interactive Stories Of How Schools Are Personalizing Learning
EdSurge - 11/10/17
How Three Districts Worked To Implement Personalized Learning
Hechinger Report - 11/8/17
“The Case(s) Against Personalized Learning”
EdWeek - 11/7/17
Further Questioning Tech’s Centrality In Personalizing Learning
Mother Jones - 11/3/17

"Cuban told me one of Summit’s key strengths is its skilled, well-trained teachers—teachers get eight weeks of paid time to improve their craft during the school year, in addition to one paid month during the summer—who use technology to achieve specific goals and their professional judgment to make decisions on how and why certain learning will take place.”
“Understanding What Doesn’t Work In Personalized Learning”
Brookings - 11/3/17

"Both of the studies mentioned found a negative relationship between students’ use of technology in their learning environments, and their feelings of academic engagement or sense of belonging in school.”
Is It Ever OK To Swear In Class?
NPR - 10/29/17
Beghetto: ”Are We Over-Planning Student Learning Experiences?”
ASCD - 10/28/17
Project Management Guide For Students In PBL Classrooms
John Spencer - 10/28/17
Six Essential Strategies For Effective Teaching
Guardian - 10/27/17
Movement Makes Learning Easier, And Teaching Better, Apparently
Hechinger Report - 10/25/17

"Gesture seems to lighten the load on our cognitive systems. Cook has shown, for instance, that if you ask people to do two things at once — explain a math problem while remembering a sequence of letters — they do a far better job if permitted to gesture while explaining. Research suggests that when we see and use gestures, we recruit more parts of the brain than when we use language alone, and we may activate more memory systems – such as procedural memory.”
“The Great And Powerful Graphic Organizer”
Cult of Pedagogy - 10/22/17
The One-Sentence Lesson Plan
Cult of Pedagogy - 10/15/17

"Students will be able to [accomplish outcome X] by [using method Y] so that [they will be helped in Z way].”
Use De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats To Help Kids Give Good Feedback
KQED - 10/15/17
Two-Stage Exams: Take It Once Solo, Then A 2nd Time In A Group
University of British Columbia - 10/1/17

"Our research group has published the results of two studies on two stage exams. One looks at student retention of content… And the second looks at student experiences.”
Using Global Challenges In Middle School (And Beyond)
ASCD - 10/1/17
Retrieval Practice: The Most Effective Learning Strategy?
Cult of Pedagogy - 9/24/17
From MIT: “Lifelong Kindergarten” …Projects, Passion, Peers, Play
NPR - 9/18/17
States Are Starting Personalized Learning Consortia
Hechinger Report - 9/13/17
15 Dimensions Of Personalized Learning
Getting Smart - 9/12/17
Facilitating Communities of Practice In Online Courses
Faculty Focus - 9/9/17
A Good Look At One Effort To Take A Lecture Course Online
Quartz - 9/6/17
When it Comes To Textbooks, Print Is Better Than Digital
Hechinger Report - 8/23/17

"If you are reading something lengthy – more than 500 words or more than a page of the book or screen – your comprehension will likely take a hit if you’re using a digital device. The finding was supported by numerous studies and held true for students in college, high school and grade school. Research suggests that the explanation is at least partly the greater physical and mental demands of reading on a screen.”
Internships And Project-Based Learning Transform Urban School
Hechinger Report - 8/23/17

"On the one hand, students now seem far more engaged in school and committed to college. From 2014 to 2016, the percentage of ChiTech freshmen on track to graduate in four years rose from 63 to 78 percent… On the other hand, ChiTech’s standardized test scores have remained stagnant and well below district averages.”
A Short History Of Competency Based Learning
Competency Works - 8/22/17
Emerging Research Less Sanguine About “Personalized Learning”
Brookings - 8/15/17

"This problem of replication and scale-up speaks more directly to the question of whether personalized learning holds promise to dramatically improve educational outcomes for all students. If effects diminish when implemented more broadly, it will not have the magnitude of impact that many are hoping to see.”
Concrete Tips on How to Use Block Classes: 80-100 Minutes
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/13/17
Six Organizations To Study For Competency-Based Learning
Global Online Academy - 8/10/17
Six Questions To Get To Know Your Students On Day One
ASCD - 8/7/17
3 Questions To Help Students Listen To And Learn From Each Other
SmartBrief - 8/4/17

"Who in our class supported you in an important way? Who in our class pushed you to think differently or more deeply? Who in our class inspired you by setting an example?”
Let's Remember That Old And New Are Extremes. We Live In Between.
Long View On Education - 7/15/17
Six Lessons In Online Pedagogy (From Running PD Sessions)
Global Online Academy - 7/13/17
An Exploration Of What Active Listening Means (Via The Household)
Farnam Street - 7/3/17
A MOOC-Based Framework For Learning How To Learn
University of Melbourne - 6/26/17

"I’ve analysed the data from over 100,000 learners on the University of Melbourne’s various MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) - every click, tap, swipe they make, every document they consult, and every word they write in chat forums and exercises.”
Finally, A Solid iPad App For Tracking Seminar Discussions
Equity Maps - 6/22/17
Student Describes Experience With Good And Bad History Classes
The High Flyer - 6/22/17
Hattie And A Four Dimension Learning Framework
KQED - 6/14/17

"The Hattie/Donoghue learning model dives into… learning strategies that work best at the surface level, …[to] consolidate surface learning… [to] develop deep learning… [and to] consolidate deep learning… Interestingly, the only strategy that seemed to work in all four quadrants (acquiring surface, consolidating surface, acquiring deep, consolidating deep) was the jigsaw activity.”
John Hattie And A Model For Effective Teaching And Effective Learning
KQED - 6/14/17
A Template For Self-Paced, Digitally-Mediated, Online Projects
Cult of Pedagogy - 6/11/17
Every NYT Discussion Question And Writing Prompt from 2016-17
New York Times - 6/7/17
Every NYT Lesson Plan from 2016-17
New York Times - 6/7/17
8 Themes In Recent Thinking About “21st Century Pedagogy”
TeachThought - 5/10/17

"Here are a few ideas as a kind of quick overview, with general summaries for each. I’ve added “tags” for each domain so that we can begin to see how existing and emerging initiatives (e.g., personalized learning), trends (e.g., the flipped classroom), and buzz words (e.g., digital footprint) might fit into each.”
Why Play Helps Learning; How To Incorporate It Into Class
Creativity Post - 5/4/17
Remembering Seymour Papert: Peers, Passion, Projects, Play
KQED - 5/1/17
On Giving Good Feedback
KQED - 4/12/17
High School Like Pre School: Projects And Fun. Better Or Worse?
Hechinger Report - 4/7/17
Explaining: A Tool For Measuring Understanding
Hapgood - 3/23/17
What Is Personalized Learning Anyway? Here Is The Range Of Answers
Larry Cuban - 3/22/17
On Incorporating Movement Into the Elementary Classroom
New York Times - 3/21/17
Sometimes “Personalized Learning” Isn’t What It Sounds Like
Dan Meyer - 3/16/17
Feedback Is Necessary For Improvement (via Basketball, Penmanship)
Slate - 3/7/17
To Foster More Student Passion, Extend Student Ideation Time
ASCD - 3/1/17
Tips For Planning A Makerspace
THE Journal - 2/23/17
Two Mistakes In How We Teach Math, And How To Fix Them
Quartz - 2/15/17
Are Teachers And Computers Complementary Educators?
Atlantic - 2/15/17
Play Analytics: Efforts To Assess Play
MIT Media Lab - 2/10/17
“Co-Teaching: How To Make It Work”
Cult of Pedagogy - 2/5/17
One Professor’s Opening Lecture On Critical Thinking
Chronicle Vitae - 2/2/17
3 Theories On What Makes A Good Explanation
Aeon - 2/1/17
A History Of The Pedagogy Of Play, And Its Role In Science
Aeon - 1/9/17
Four Strategies For Fact Checking Claims
Press Books - 1/8/17
Personalized Learning: Some Ways We Might Already Be Doing It
EdSurge - 12/21/16
Tips For Leading A Harkness Discussion
Perspected - 12/10/16
Another Case For More Play In The Classroom
ASCD - 11/28/16
A Handful Of Pedagogical Strategies For Discussing Literature In Class
Wiley Online - 11/26/16
Teaching Content And Teaching Character Require Different Skills
Hechinger Report - 11/21/16
A Helpful Acronym For Effective Learning Strategies
Inc. - 11/18/16
Seven Suggestions For Giving Good Feedback
Guardian - 11/10/16
How To Spot Lessons That May Be Engaging, But Are Empty
Cult of Pedagogy - 10/30/16
Growth Mindset Is Not A Silver Bullet (Reprise)
EdSurge - 10/27/16
“What IS The Difference Between Competencies And Standards”
ReDesignU - 10/9/16
The Summit Public Schools Model For Personalized Learning Is Growing
Medium - 10/6/16
The State Of Competency-Based Pedagogy In New England
Competency Works - 10/4/16
Do Students Feel Academically Safe In The Classroom?
Cult of Pedagogy - 10/2/16
Gamifying The Classics Classroom: An Academic Look At Pedagogy
Cambridge Core - 10/1/16
Play: Part Of A Students’ Bill Of Rights?
ASIDE - 9/23/16
Build Student Trust By Asking What Makes Great Teachers
ASCD - 9/22/16
Start School At Older Ages. Play Longer. (via Europe)
Guardian - 9/20/16
“Syllabus As Contract, Syllabus As Charter”
Sowing the Seed - 9/16/16
Teacher Expectations/Bias Influence Student Progress
Brookings - 9/16/16
Reflections On Maker Learning
KQED - 9/14/16
Play Helps Learning. More And More Schools Are Adapting.
Atlantic - 9/13/16
Towards A Pedagogy Of Play
Playworks/Project Zero - 9/13/16
Project Based Approach Leads Undergrads To Win Grad Competition
Huffington Post - 9/9/16
Some Great High-Leverage Classroom Routines
ASCD - 8/25/16
In Praise Of Cold Calling
Chronicle Vitae - 8/24/16
Does Homework In Elementary School Matter? The Issue Flares Again
Christian Science Monitor - 8/23/16
Dialogue Journals And The Role Of Relationships In Teaching
Cult of Pedagogy - 8/21/16

“I know that they could learn anything they need to learn from their homes with a device on their lap still in their pajamas. They don’t need me to learn. They need me to care.”
Six Routines To Open And Close Your Classes
Edutopia - 8/17/16
Diane Ackerman On Deep Play And Flow
Brain Pickings - 8/4/16
Educational “Escape Rooms”: Gamification Gets Experiential
Atlantic - 7/28/16
Pedagogy, Then Technology (All In Service Of Learning)
George Couros - 7/28/16
“7 Learning Strategies To Borrow From Your Kids”
Mental Floss - 7/25/16
General Guidelines For Writing A Syllabus
Cult of Pedagogy - 7/24/16
On The Effectiveness Of Handwritten Notes To Motivate Students
Faculty Focus - 7/22/16
Four Hour Classes, Self-Paced, At This High Needs Bronx School
Atlantic - 7/19/16
A Defense Of The Lecture, And An Exploration Of Its History
Atlantic - 7/14/16
Reproduce Old Objects To Learn About History, Science, And Art
Stanford - 7/14/16
Competency Based Teaching: Does it Embed The Teaching Of Grit?
EdSurge - 7/13/16
Restorative Practice: Aligning Discipline With Pedagogy
KQED - 7/12/16
Personalized Learning: Choose Your Own Adventure Or D&D?
EduGeek Journal - 7/12/16
A Four Part Approach To Getting To Know Your Students
Cult of Pedagogy - 7/10/16
Sally Cain Has A Summer PD Workshop For How To Teach Introverts
KQED - 7/6/16
A Short Preface To Alfie Kohn’s Thoughts On Failure
Washington Post - 6/26/16
4 Tips For Constructive Feedback
Actively Learn - 6/21/16
Professors Are Sending More Students To Edit Wikipedia… For Class
Washington Post - 6/20/16
How Content Expertise Fuels Constructivist Learning
Brilliant Blog - 6/15/16
Content As Key To Motivation
KQED - 6/13/16
Theater Is Used Increasingly To Teach History
Atlantic - 6/8/16
Field Trips Have An Outsized, Positive Effect On Some Students
Brookings - 6/8/16
Four Strategies For Effective Memorization (via Learning Music)
Creativity Post - 6/1/16
On Using Theater To Teach Social Skills
Atlantic - 6/1/16
On The Importance Of Emotion To Learning
KQED - 5/31/16
On The Importance Of Movement And Play To Learning
Atlantic - 5/19/16
“Radical Candor” - A Guide To Giving Good Feedback
Radical Candor - 5/17/16
“Six Ways Students Can Prepare For Success On The Day Of An Exam
Guardian - 5/10/16
Tips For The Human Side Of Giving Feedback (To Colleagues)
Medium - 5/4/16
“Questions That Bring Contemporary Context To [The] Past”
Faculty Focus - 4/25/16
How Knowing Common Wrong Answers Helps Teaching
NPR - 4/16/16
On The “Learnification” Of Education — And The Need For Teachers
e-Literate - 4/2/16
"The Only Important Thing About Feedback Is What Students Do With It”
ASCD - 4/1/16
On Developing A Culture Of Thinking By Making Thinking Visible
KQED - 3/31/16
Metacognition: Helping Students Understand The Act Of Learning
KQED - 3/31/16
5 Different Strategies For Giving Quizzes
Faculty Focus - 3/30/16
“A Few Strategies To Help Slow-Working Students”
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/27/16
Strategies For Help Slow-Working Students
Cult of Pedagogy - 3/27/16
19 Music Instructional Strategies That Really Apply To Everyone
Creativity Post - 3/25/16
“Pedagogy Is A Felt Practice, More Than An Intellectual One”
Sean Michael Morris - 3/23/16
What Are The Principles Of Connected Learning?
LinkedIn - 3/17/16
A Definition Of Personalized Learning (vs. Adaptive Learning)
e-Literate - 3/16/16
Kids Should Learn Through Play… Says Lego
Guardian - 3/15/16
One Teacher Reflects On Going Gradeless
THE Journal - 3/15/16
Teaching Is More Than A Good Lesson. It’s Also About Trust.
Washington Post - 3/9/16
Thoughts On Badges/Competency-Based Learning
Doug Belshaw - 3/9/16
The Last 5 Minutes Of Class: 4 Ways To Finish
Chronicle of Higher Education - 3/7/16
4 Strategies For The Last Five Minutes Of Class
Chronicle of Higher Education - 3/7/16
At SXSWedu, Temple Grandin Affirms Strengths-Based Learning
EdSurge - 3/7/16
Jay McTighe And 5 Practices Of Performance Tasks
Performance Task - 3/3/16
5 Math Instructional Strategies That Really Apply To Everyone
NCTM - 3/1/16
Against Computer-Based Competency Approaches…
Washington Post - 2/27/16
Teaching Requires More Than Heart (via Urban Public Schools)
New York Times - 2/26/16
Using Art To Teach Concepts Improves Learning
Washington Post - 2/22/16
Susan Cain’s Book On Introverts Becomes The “Quiet Revolution”
NPR - 2/18/16
When One Teacher Gives Her (College) Class To Her Students:
EdSurge - 2/11/16
Reflections On Helping Students Ask More Questions
KQED - 2/9/16
3 Strategies For Making Connections Between Texts
Chronicle of Higher Education - 2/8/16
Stories From Makerspaces In Libraries
KQED - 2/5/16
On The Many Uses Of A Makerspace
New York Times - 2/5/16
On The Role Of Delight And Performance In Teaching & Learning
Atlantic - 1/21/16

“I asked Teller, a former Latin teacher and the silent half of the magical partnership known as Penn & Teller, about his years as an educator, and the role performance played in his teaching. Teller taught high school Latin for six years before he left to pursue a career in magic with Penn… As our conversation meandered through Catullus, Vergil, Shakespeare, and education theory, he explained why he believes performance is an essential, elemental aspect of effective teaching.”
An Idea For Teaching Kids To Write Quality Comments (via Blogs)
Cooper on Curriculum - 1/17/16
John Rassias: Professor, Performer, Pedagogy Person
Atlantic - 1/17/16
Evidence-Based Is Better Than Outcome-Oriented (via Gov’t Policy)
Stanford Social Innovation Review - 1/13/16
The First 5 Minutes Of Class: 4 Ways To Begin
Chronicle of Higher Education - 1/11/16
One School's Student Survey: How Much Homework?
Westminster Teaching - 1/5/16
“Innovative Pedagogies” That Are Gaining Traction In 2015
Open University - 12/2/15
Clarifying Project-Based Learning, And Getting It Right
KQED - 12/2/15
In Person Lectures Shown To Be More Effective Than Video Lectures?
Pacific Standard - 11/19/15
Tips For Selling Lessons Are Good Pedagogical Tips
EdSurge - 11/18/15
3 Things You Can Do For Your Students In The Minute Before Class
Chronicle of Higher Education - 11/15/15
New York Times Goes Deep With Annotation: Paper, Online, More
New York Times - 11/12/15
A Reminder Of What Makes Effective Feedback
Teachthought - 11/1/15
Lessons From Flipping Classes: 100 Videos Later
Edutopia - 10/19/15
Satire Of The Innovation/Disruption/Buzzword Media Of Today
The Tattooed Professor - 10/19/15
“How To Write An Essay About Teaching That Will Not Be Published…”
The Little Professor - 10/18/15

"1) There are many pedagogical techniques. 2) These techniques vary in usefulness, depending on the discipline, class size, role in the major/GE program, level of instruction, content, classroom layout, time of day…”
Revisiting Gamification, And How To Do It Right
The Next Web - 10/16/15
Writing Brings Out Reason More Than Speech
Stanford - 10/16/15
A 20 Minute Peer Editing Format
Spencer Ideas - 10/12/15
How Far Can We Extend “Self-Organized Learning Environments”?
KQED - 10/7/15
Teachers and Researchers Identify 19 High Leverage Practices
TeachingWorks - 10/1/15
300,000+ Kids Enrolled In Schools Fully Online. Is This Good?
Politico - 10/1/15
How Far Can We Extend Play-Based Education?
Atlantic - 10/1/15
Is All This Focus On Collaboration Bad For Introverts?
Atlantic - 9/28/15
Some Information About Homework Norms And Practices
KQED - 9/22/15
Exam Wrappers: A Brilliant Way To Prompt Metacognitive Thinking
Brilliant Blog - 9/15/15
Do Lectures Alienate Women And Minorities?
New York Times - 9/12/15
A Reminder Of Why Wait Time Is Good
ASCD - 9/10/15
Here Are Some Podcasts On Teaching
Chronicle of Higher Education - 9/8/15
In Defense Of Lectures
e-Literate - 9/6/15
“5 Common Teaching Practices I’m Kicking To The Curb”
Cult of Pedagogy - 9/3/15

“1. Popcorn reading… 2. Giving students prepared notes… 3. Whole-class punishments… 4. Using learning styles to plan instruction… 5. “Differentiating” by having advanced students help struggling students”
Tips For Crafting Good Essential Questions
ASCD - 9/1/15
Five Ways To Be Intentional About The Questions You Ask
ASCD - 9/1/15
On The Value Of Student Generated Questions
ASCD - 9/1/15
The One Minute Paper: An End of Class Ritual
The Writing Campus - 8/27/15
Reflecting On Process Improves Critical Thinking
The Journal - 8/26/15
Grading Philosophy: “Reward Students At Their Best”
ASCD - 8/18/15
Deliberate Instruction: Partner To Deliberate Practice
Brilliant Blog - 8/14/15
Teacher Reflects On First Year Of Teaching, Shares Four Lessons
ASCD - 8/13/15
More On Board Games In School: Eurogames As A Category
History Tech - 7/28/15
On Knowing When We Should Stop Talking
EdWeek - 7/28/15
A Collection Of Resources For Bringing Play To High School Classes
KQED - 7/24/15
What Purposeful Play Looks Like In High School
KQED - 7/24/15
More On How Outdoor Play Is Great For Kids
KQED - 7/23/15
Lessons From Self-Directed Learning… In the 19th Century
New York Times - 7/12/15
Recommendations For Teaching Vocabulary
ASCD - 7/9/15
Standards Are Transferable: See How Math Goals Apply To All Of Us
Edutopia - 7/2/15
Tech Doesn’t Replace Pedagogy; It Drives Conversation About It
Hack Education - 7/1/15
Case Studies In Blended Learning
iNACOL - 7/1/15
Teaching From Lived Experiences, From The Inside Out
Edutopia - 6/30/15
Exit Tickets: The Daily Check For Understanding
Edutopia - 6/23/15
How To Promote Four Types of Engagement
Harvard Graduate School of Education - 6/9/15
How Math Online Education Might Work Better
Dy/dan - 6/3/15
A Strengths-Based Approach Can Motivate Disengaged Kids
Gallup - 6/2/15
On Designing Systems For Competency Based Learning
Competency Works - 6/1/15
Elon Musk Builds An Elementary School On Two Principles
EdSurge - 5/28/15
Ken Bain On What Great Teaching Looks Like
NPR - 5/8/15
More Play In Early Childhood Education
Kappan - 5/1/15
No Tests: A Collaborative Learning Model (via a History Teacher)
EdSurge - 4/30/15
Middlebury’s Language Immersion Pedagogy Goes Online
KQED - 4/21/15
A Call To Be Scientific About Teaching And Learning
Chronicle of Higher Education - 4/20/15
Man Teaches Math Through Mime
New York Times - 4/5/15
Recommendations For Integrating Tech (And Staying Sane)
Middle Web - 3/29/15
Helping Kids Learn To Take Risks: A Process Approach
Teacher Tom’s Blog - 3/27/15
On Teaching For Transfer
Washington Post - 3/24/15
Four (Vague) Characteristics of Great Teachers
Chronicle of Higher Education - 3/16/15
60 Simple Formative Assessment Techniques
Teachthought - 3/16/15
Doug Lemov Visits The UK: What Makes Great Teaching
Guardian - 3/11/15
To Learn Languages: Take Risks, Immerse Yourself, Get Feedback
BBC - 3/3/15
Games As Stealth Formative Assessments
EdWeek - 2/28/15
Don’t Throw Away Drill-And-Kill. In Some Cases, It’s Still Best.
NPR - 2/26/15
A Reminder That Teacher Bias Can Affect Student Outcomes
NPR - 2/22/15
A Reminder Of The Value Of Wait Time
KQED - 2/17/15
How Students Feel When They Read A Complex Text
Teachthought - 2/12/15
How Improv Can Help Teaching
KQED - 1/30/15
Teach Coding To Kids With A Board Game
KQED - 1/28/15
Pedagogical Routines: “Watch, Do, Teach” or “Learn, Reflect, Share”
Langwitches - 1/11/15
7 Tips For Asking Good Questions In Class
ASCD - 1/8/15
Four Ways To Start, Four Ways to Finish A Class
Edutopia - 1/5/15
College Lecture Halls Adopt HS Pedagogy... To Growing Effect
New York Times - 12/26/14
Six Types of Questions For Discussion
University of Michigan - 12/20/14
2014 Year in Review: Competency-Based Education
Hack Education - 12/13/14
Four-Day Summit for Problem-Based Learning in July
PBL Math Summit - 12/10/14
How Technology Will And Won’t Change Education [Video]
Veritasium/YouTube - 12/1/14
A Simple Overview of “Personalized Learning” [Infographic]
Teachthought - 11/29/14
A Critical Review of New, Digital Pedagogies
Open University - 11/26/14
Broad-Reaching Report on Digital Games in Education
KQED - 11/18/14
College Professors Are Moving Away From the Lecture
Chronicle of Higher Education - 11/13/14
Wait Time: Lessons from 3rd Grade Apply to All Grade Levels
Educational Leadership - 11/1/14
Some Good Pedagogical Reminders for Keeping it “Real”
KQED - 10/31/14
Science Leadership Acad, Students Describe Self-Directed Learning
KQED - 10/29/14
Experience First, Theorize Later - A Casual Essay on Schopenhauer
Creativity Post - 10/17/14
Teacher Creates Alternate Reality Game Based on The Odyssey
KQED - 10/13/14
A Brilliant Approach To Improving Deliberate Practice
Bulletproof Musician - 10/12/14
50 Ways To Teach With Current Events
New York Times - 10/7/14
Learning for Fluency > Learning for Understanding
Nautilus - 10/2/14

“I learned these things about math and the process of learning not in the K-12 classroom but in the course of my life, as a kid who grew up reading Madeleine L’Engle and Dostoyevsky, who went on to study language at one of the world’s leading language institutes, and then to make the dramatic shift to become a professor of engineering.”
5 Elements Of Effective Group Work (“Cooperative Learning”)
ASCD - 10/1/14
Project-Based Science Class Shows Positive Results
KQED - 9/26/14
What is the Role of Role-Playing in Class?
KQED - 9/16/14
Edutopia Aggregates Their Teacher Resources, for Back to School
Edutopia - 9/4/14
3 Key Lessons From Grant Wiggins: Goals, Feedback, Empathy
ASCD - 8/31/14
Personalization vs. Differentiation vs Individualization [Slides]
Slideshare - 8/27/14
Just How Much Can A Sense Of Purpose Influence Performance?
KQED - 8/19/14
Exploring Cognitive Dissonance (Confusion) as Teaching Tool
Chronicle of Higher Education - 8/14/14
Why We Should Start Our Planning With Our Assessments
Mission 100% - 8/11/14
50 Ways To Check For Understanding
Edutopia - 7/30/14
MIT Releases “Future of MIT Education.” See Recommendation 7.
MIT - 7/28/14
Harvard Study Assesses Effectiveness of Blended Learning
Harvard - 7/28/14
Some Deliberate Thinking About How Questions Prompt Learning
Edutopia - 7/25/14
School Uses Video Games for Literature, Social Studies, Physics...
KQED - 7/21/14
Sample Feedback to Increase Motivation and Promote Growth Mindsets
Edutopia - 7/14/14
Breaks Are Strategies to Maximize Learning
Atlantic - 6/30/14
There’s Growing Pushback Against “Personalized Learning”
Dy/dan - 6/23/14
Lessons from the World Cup on Deliberate Practice
Priceonomics - 6/19/14
Another School System Rebuilds Itself as Competency-Based
EdSurge - 6/17/14
Detroit School Goes Fully Competency-Based
EdSurge - 6/11/14
B. F. Skinner’s Daughter Explains the Behavioral Missteps of MOOCs
American Association of University Professors - 6/1/14
A History Professors Why He Will Given Trigger Warnings. And How.
Inside Higher Ed - 5/29/14
Tiger-Mom Revisited: Comparing Approaches to Motivating Kids
Stanford - 5/20/14
First $500K Prize Awarded for Teaching in Higher Ed
Harvard Magazine - 5/20/14
(When) Does The Maker Movement Actually Lead To Learning?
Brilliant Blog - 5/12/14
HarvardWrites: a Resource for Teaching Writing
Harvard Writes - 5/1/14
“Work That Matters” - Learning In The Real World
KQED - 4/30/14
How to Use Student-Generated Infographics in Class
EdSurge - 4/27/14
Acting Out A Text Helps You Learn it
Brilliant Blog - 4/21/14
10 Reinventions of the College Lecture
New York Times - 4/8/14

“We looked around the nation for courses with buzz, according to campus newspapers, higher education experts and enrollment numbers. Students still file into lecture halls and classrooms, but once they’re seated, it’s clear that these courses are different. They mess with the old models. And they give students an experience that might change how they think, what they care about or even how they spend their lives.”
Students Need Regular Cumulative Reviews to Solidify Learning
Educational Leadership - 4/1/14
Deconstructing the Pedagogy of Textbooks
Clint Lalonde - 3/27/14
3 Ways One English Teacher Jumpstarted Her Teaching
EdSurge - 3/18/14
Questions, Questions, Questions: They Are Everything
KQED - 3/14/14
What Happens When Students Lead Parent Conferences?
ASCD - 3/1/14
Understanding The Relationship Between Motivation And Rewards
Lithium - 2/18/14
Lessons Learned from Flipping the Classroom
Steve Blank - 2/11/14
On Letting Students Fail
KQED - 2/8/14
How the Army Trained 500,000 Soldiers with Flipped Classrooms
EdSurge - 2/5/14
An Overview Of The Basics Of Good Pedagogy
Art History Teaching Resources - 2/3/14

“We tried to brainstorm what pedagogical foundation new teachers would need before entering the classroom and what was feasible to provide these individuals in a one-day workshop. We knew that one cannot teach someone how to teach in a day; but we realized there are basic principles that every new teacher should understand before entering the classroom.”
The 3rd Assessment Type: Summative, Formative... and Dynamic.
Institute of Play - 2/1/14
Here’s a Way to Teach Students of All Levels
Harvard - 1/1/14
Making Predictions Improves Student Motivation
Brilliant Blog - 12/23/13
Quiz Students Daily. They Perform Better.
New York Times - 11/20/13
But Wait: Should Curiosity Be Taught, or Elicited?
Brilliant Blog - 11/6/13
A Visualization of the Inquiry Process
KQED - 10/24/13
In Praise of Tough Teachers
Wall Street Journal - 9/27/13
Growth Mindset Gains Traction in Schools
EdWeek - 9/10/13
Against Flipping: Experiential Learning First, Then Reading About It.
Stanford - 7/16/13
On Being an Introverted Teacher
New Teachers - 6/28/13
How to Use Google’s 20% Time to Increase Student Motivation
#20time - 5/11/13
"The Work Required To Have An Opinion”
Farnam Street - 4/1/13
Synthesis Of Research On Effective Online Teaching Practices
Teachers College - 4/1/13
Curiosity Comes Before Content When Planning
TED-Ed - 4/1/13
Grant Wiggins: 13 Practical Examples Of Feedback
Grant Wiggins - 11/4/12
Ways To End The Year In Your Class On A High Note
EdWeek - 5/14/12
Strategies For Seeing Education Through A Gamification Lens
Gameful Pedagogy - 1/1/12
A Case Against Explicitly Stating Learning Objectives (To Students)
Critical Explorers - 10/24/11
"Three Questions For Effective Feedback”
Harvard Business Review - 8/4/11
Direct Instruction May Diminish Curiosity
Slate - 3/16/11
Have the Courage to Teach Like a Champion
Huffington Post - 1/25/11
A Case For Re-Takes Of Assessments
YouTube - 12/15/10
“Five Hallmarks Of Good Homework”
ASCD - 9/1/10
Harvard's Teaching and Learning Site: How To Compose A Syllabus
Harvard - 1/1/09
Practical Active Learning Approaches (See Page 2)
College Teaching - 12/1/93
Pedagogy 101: Project Zero’s Thinking Routines. Find Them All Here.
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