Teachers engaged in an engagement activity about higher order thinking skills A great day of learning at the Ocean Township school district with enthusiastic teachers exploring approaches and techniques in ...
Number Talks have the power to transform students’ mathematical understanding. Yes, they are that powerful! During this 5 – 15-minute routine, students solve problems mentally, discuss strategies, and justify solutions. ...
The process of formative assessment describes the learning progression and interactions between students and teachers. To have a significant impact on student learning, teachers must incorporate varying methods of assessment ...
During my recent trip to Reggio Emilia, Italy to participate in an intensive study on the Reggio Children approach, it became visibly crystal clear the powerful learning moments as written ...
There are 125 sheep and 5 dogs in the flock. How old is the shepherd? Wait a minute? What? When presented with this problem, 75% of 8th graders answered with ...
As an educator, I am consistently seeking creative and engaging ways to help my students deepen their comprehension of text. As we know, “Variety is the spice of life.” Whether ...
Yesterday, I presented one of my workshops titled Text-Dependent Questions to a group of elementary school teachers. Teachers are always seeking strategies and protocols to help their students better comprehend ...
“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” – Voltaire The NJDOE has given school districts across the state a September 2017 deadline to revise and align ...
At Teachers College in January, Mary Ehrenworth’s Argumentative Writing workshops focused on engaging students in oral debate as a springboard to powerful argumentative writing. When students can verbally articulate their ...
Nowadays, students are called upon to respond to questions which require them to go back into the text to find evidence to support their claim. Engaging in this practice repeatedly ...