A Fun ‘Survivor’-Themed Classroom Activity That Promotes Science Learning
Collaboration, reflection, and healthy competition make for lasting memories when teachers use a novel approach to sustain student interest.
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that signals the brain about the worth of a task, which directly impacts motivation to begin work and satisfaction of completion. Teachers who understand the connection between pleasure and motivation craft learning experiences with this in mind because they understand that students work more enthusiastically and more persistently when pleasure is associated with the task.
Collaboration, reflection, and healthy competition make for lasting memories when teachers use a novel approach to sustain student interest.
Gamification and game-based learning are different instructional strategies, but both can work wonders for student engagement.
There are ways for teachers to nurture curiosity — and they’re especially important in online classes.
Providing students with clear directions and easy-to-navigate content is especially important during distance learning.
Occupational therapists and trauma-informed teachers weigh in on how to create sensory tools and spaces with what you have at home.
Curiosity about small questions, or micowonderings, can help students solve problems in any discipline.
Exposing students to amazing things creates a classroom environment where they feel creative, engaged, and primed to learn.
When students need to get their wiggles out so they can settle down to learn, this simple movement-based brain break does the trick.
Three strategies for weaving critical thinking into everyday learning. Researcher and education expert Bryan Goodwin highlights three strategies—structured problem solving, cognitive writing, and guided investigations—that help educators weave critical thinking
Giving students a chance to build a project based on a rubric they created can increase engagement and investment.