Background knowledge has often been viewed as a set of skills, vocabulary words, or experiences that provide a foundation for future learning. Research indicates that neural networks are built as this information is learned. Educators who understand that absent background knowledge can be built, and that it takes time, create learning environments that support the development of new neural structures and establish school and class policies and practices that respect the process.
How can we best support students when we teach online?This is the fifth post in a multipart series. You can see Part One here, Part Two here, Part Three here,
These activities give middle and high school students a chance to play with numbers—and learn at the same time.
With nationwide school closures in effect, many households have become unplanned home schools, and parents have become teachers, with all of the responsibilities that go with the job, including setting
Eighth-graders in the National Junior Honor Society at Florida’s Lecanto Middle School volunteered their time to hold a chemistry class for kindergartners. The middle-schoolers performed experiments designed to get the
Teachers can start now with efforts to engage students in summer reading, which means planning for how books can be made available to students without transportation or public library access,
Only within the past decade or so has a new wave of children’s books pushed its way into the market, representing the vast and rich experiences of diverse families. We
I have been using Microsoft products for decades, and honestly, I really didn’t think they could surprise me anymore. I was wrong.
When teaching problem-based lessons, use thinking scaffolds to propel students toward greater expertise and deeper learning.
To give his students repeated exposure to relevant vocabulary terms, the author relies on a tried-and-true tool: index cards.
Patricia Kuhl shares astonishing findings about how babies learn one language over another — by listening to the humans around them and “taking statistics” on the sounds they need to
