Heal, J. (2022, April 6). Using Inquiry to Support Deeper Learning. Edutopia. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
Teachers can use ‘effortful’ follow-up questions to refine and extend student thinking about important concepts in a lesson.
Teachers can use ‘effortful’ follow-up questions to refine and extend student thinking about important concepts in a lesson.
Writing improves learning by consolidating information in long-term memory, researchers explain. Plus, five engaging writing activities to use in all subjects.
Giving students chances to make classroom decisions and manage discussions guides them to take agency in their learning.
Teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the center of learning.
Work that emphasizes students’ developing skills instead of a graded product reminds them to see learning as their goal.
Making connections, managing schedules, and building up student confidence isn’t always easy, but support from experienced colleagues can make an impactful difference.
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PovertyUSA is the domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Catholic Bishops. An initiative of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), PovertyUSA seeks to educate and promote understanding about poverty and its root causes.
Child Trends improves the lives and prospects of children and youth by conducting high-quality research and sharing the resulting knowledge with practitioners and policymakers.
National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) Established at Johns Hopkins University in 1996, NNPS invites schools, districts, states, and organizations to join together and use research-based approaches to organize and sustain excellent programs of family and community involvement that will increase student success in school.
Census Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (SAIPE) The U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates program produces single-year estimates of income and poverty for all U.S. states and counties as well as estimates of school-age children in poverty for all 13,000+ school districts.