Category: Pedagogy (teaching methods & practice)

When Schools Forgo Grades: An Experiment In Internal Motivation | MindShift | KQED News

How education might be: an integrated, project based learning environment where teachers and students work together. Source: When Schools Forgo Grades: An Experiment In Internal Motivation | MindShift | KQED News

Daily Assessment Of Student Learning Teaching Tips

Lesson closure should provide formative assessment data for the teacher and an opportunity for students to note their progress towards meeting the lesson objectives, or learning targets.  Here, from the Teaching Channel,  is a quick, interactive way to do both!  See the related videos for more lesson closure examples. Source: Daily Assessment Of Student Learning Teaching …

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Why Giving Effective Feedback Is Trickier Than It Seems | MindShift | KQED News

Source: Why Giving Effective Feedback Is Trickier Than It Seems | MindShift | KQED News

Strategy Bank

“The Teach 21 Strategy Bank is designed to be a dynamic resource for educators. It contains a multitude of research-based strategies teachers can use to make their classroom instruction more effective, and to address the needs of their diverse students. These strategies have been collected from a variety of sources, including the standards-based units available …

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Gradual Release of Responsibility: Doug Fisher

Why Connected Learning | Educator Innovator

Source: Why Connected Learning | Educator Innovator

Using America’s National Parks as Classrooms

PBS “Making the Grade” segment video

Read how this teacher begins the school year and meets some critical conditions of learning. 

Relationships First, by Janell Cleland ASCD Express. September 22, 2016 | Volume 12 | Issue 2 http://wp.me/p7dA1e-3u

Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for English Learners | Colorín Colorado

Source: Language Objectives: The Key to Effective Content Area Instruction for English Learners | Colorín Colorado

Sharpen Your Workshop Routines: Setting up the Writer’s Notebook for a Year of Writing | TWO WRITING TEACHERS

  Welcome back, readers!  We have returned from our July break refreshed and ready for a new school year of sharing ideas, resources,  and teaching practices here at Two Writing Teachers. For … Source: Sharpen Your Workshop Routines: Setting up the Writer’s Notebook for a Year of Writing | TWO WRITING TEACHERS