Teacher-directed, explicit instruction is systematic, direct, engaging, and success-oriented. When used effectively, it can successfully accelerate achievement for all students. Educators who strategically employ explicit instruction provide modeling that offers students with a clear, multi-sensory model of a skill or concept.
Assessment retakes can improve student learning if educators clear up a few misconceptions and avoid common missteps. Allowing students to retake assessments after targeted re-teaching is a sound practice for
With the increased self-sufficiency necessitated by virtual education, educators and parents can help students learn and manage their goals more effectively by directly teaching study skills.
Use Gentle Guidance Interventions to negate the “impossible choice.”
Research shows that distractions, confusing material, or an overwhelming amount of information can tax a student’s working memory. Here’s how to better support this essential executive function.
These visual and audio cues can help middle and high school teachers quickly get students back on track.
When fifth-grade co-teachers gave students more autonomy over their learning, their reading and time management skills improved.
When students with diverse performance levels are grouped together, they can all benefit.
Tens of millions of students are dealing with massive upheaval to their educations and daily lives with their schools shuttered indefinitely to thwart the spread of the coronavirus.
When the teachers and administrators at a middle school determined that A–F grades didn’t align with their goals, they began a years-long shift in how they assess student learning.
Taking regular breaks may help to support learning, says John Sweller, a leading learning science researcher. Sweller says the brain’s ability to retain information in “working memory” is limited, and
