Sparking Students’ Curiosity to Enhance Their Problem-Solving Skills (5.11.23)
Curiosity about small questions, or micowonderings, can help students solve problems in any discipline.
Research indicates that strong and supportive relationships with students has both immediate and long-term positive impacts, both qualitative and quantitative. When a positive relationship is established and maintained, a student is more likely to attend school regularly, put forth greater effort, encounter fewer disciplinary episodes, and achieve at higher levels.
Curiosity about small questions, or micowonderings, can help students solve problems in any discipline.
A look at how teachers can cultivate and sustain relational, intellectual, and emotional engagement among students.
Chronic absenteeism can serve as a barometer of a healthy school environment because everyone from classroom teachers to custodians plays a role in helping students build strong attendance habits.
Drawing on her experiences as an English language arts teacher, Kimberly Parker explains why Black language is a linguistic and cultural asset in the classroom–not a deficit. Parker writes that
Learn how leaders can frame change as helpful, not hurtful.
When it comes to finding ways to get big wins in the classroom, it’s sometimes the approaches that feel a little unconventional that are the most successful.
Game-based review sessions can increase student engagement—and are backed by learning science. In fact, using games such as Pictionary, charades, and even Catch Phrase in your classroom could be one
Teachers can support students with a repertoire of social and emotional learning strategies ready to use throughout a class period.
Morning meetings are a good place to start, but what you really need is a toolkit of strategies to meet your students’ social and emotional needs all day long.
Teachers can improve the feedback they provide to students by, among other tips, keeping it specific, connecting comments to learning goals and developing a positive classroom culture, according to research