Unique Solutions for Unique Learners
Written By Keren Bolter, Math and Chemistry Why do so many students lack interest when it comes to learning math? One student told me that she might have a more intense passion for learning subjects like pre-algebra and geometry if she thought that she would actually need to use what she learned later in life. read more…
Lesson Objective Learn about the key features and differences of the new standards presented by The Teaching Channel. Questions to Consider What is the purpose of the standards for mathematical practice? How should these be integrated with the content? How will teaching fewer “topics” in each grade change your planning? What does Dr. Daro say read more…
Lesson Objective Learn about the key features and differences of the new standards presented by The Teaching Channel. Questions to Consider What is the purpose of the college and career readiness anchor standards? What do you think about the shift to non-fiction and informational text in reading? Shift to non-narrative texts in writing? How can read more…
An innovative and growing instructional approach as reported by Valerie Strauss in The Washington Post‘s Local Education section on June 3, 2012… The philosophy behind the flip is that teachers can spend time working with students who need their help in the classroom — and students can work together to solve problems — rather than read more…
Bringing together groups of educators is one of my favorite things to do. At My Learning Springboard, we’re extremely fortunate to have talented educators and specialists from nursery through graduate school working in tandem. Because of our families’ unique needs, we value having a diverse faculty, which provides families with options and educators with a read more…
Terry Heick is interested in learning innovation in pursuit of increased social capacity. He is editor of Edudemic Magazine for iPad, Director of Curriculum at TeachThought, and a regular blogger for Edutopia. Click here to review the complete post on Edutopia. Assessing understanding might be the most complex task an educator or academic institution is tasked with. read more…
We get so creative when we teach the basics of math to young children. There are blocks to be played with, and apples and oranges to be counted. We put things in baskets and take them out of baskets. We make groupings and then move things around… But then a funny thing happens. As kids read more…
From the ASCD Community Blog (The Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development): Common Core Resources for Teachers Last week, Education Week reported on the frustration teachers are facing as they begin designing lessons around Common Core priorities—teacher resources are either scarce, or hard to find. This week, ASCD convened Colorado educators to discuss Common Core implementation, and classroom teachers in read more…
“We need someone on cowbell,” says teaching artist David Cutler as he reviews the drum part for Gnarls Barkley’s “Crazy” with his combined middle/high school jazz ensemble at the Urban Assembly Bronx Studio School for Artists and Writers. This is how I made my cowbell debut and first appearance in a school band since playing read more…
This blog was posted on Edutopia on January 16, 2012. Dr. Judy Willis (@judywillis on Twitter) is an authority on brain research as it relates to learning and a regular blogger for Edutopia. This is part of a series she’s writing on building executive function in students. You can also find her online at RADteach. Before information can read more…
What do we want our students to learn? How will we know they learned it? What will we do if they already know it or if they didn’t learn it? You can learn to be smart. What we are doing is important. I am here to help you. The above questions and statements were at read more…
