What do you do when hear a word you don’t know? In Ashley Palmer’s kindergarten class, you stop. And you talk about it.
Are lessons dominated by teachers talking? Do students have a robust role in discussing what they’re learning? Or are they mostly answering procedural or factual
My colleague and co-author, Katie Hull Sypnieski, and I worked with Ed Week this week to create four short videos on student motivation. Ed Week
We all have that one student who teaches us more in one year than we ever thought possible. Mine was a 5th grader named Jasmine
The brain is always doing one thing: thinking. As educators, one of our responsibilities is to teach students how to think when they are in
The way you talk to toddlers can determine how well they do in school throughout life. But not just any conversation will do.
Optimism. It’s a word we are all familiar with. Optimists make lemonade when life hands them lemons. Optimists focus on the positive, channeling their energy
If we want our students to be skilled thinkers, we must give them the linguistic tools of the trade.
The findings help bolster the growing consensus among researchers that skills such as emotional intelligence are not just important for future workplace success, but also
Researchers have identified four specific ways to nurture a sense of intrinsic motivation in students. In this video series, educators and authors Larry Ferlazzo and
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