Educational Links 9/23/18

The teacher’s quest for progress: 

How school leaders can motivate instructional innovation

https://www.christenseninstitute.org/publications/teachers-jobs-to-be-done/

'Floating Schools' Make Sure Kids Get To Class When The Water Rises

https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/09/12/646378073/floating-schools-make-sure-kids-get-to-class-when-the-water-rises?utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialWHAT YOUR CHILD SHOULD BE LEARNING IN 7TH GRADE

https://www.theedadvocate.org/child-learning-7th-grade/

Please, students, take that ‘impractical’ humanities course. We will all benefit.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/please-students-take-that-impractical-humanities-course-we-will-all-benefit/2018/09/14/f50b4f3e-b761-11e8-a2c5-3187f427e253_story.html3

In Defense of Active Learning: Teaching Children the Way They Learn

http://www.raepica.com/2018/09/in-defense-of-active-learning/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+RaePica+%28Rae+Pica%29

Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

https://www.smartclassroommanagement.com/2018/09/22/check-for-understanding/

The STEM Zombie Apocalypse

https://www.edutopia.org/article/stem-zombie-apocalypse

So many adults, including teachers, joke about not being able to do simple math or not being a “science person” that many students enter STEM classrooms with negative views. This creates a fixed mindset as students believe they need certain natural abilities to be successful in math and science. As educators, we need to create opportunities for students to overcome these deeply planted negative views.

Active Learning Strategies

'Students perform meaningful learning activities and think about what they are doing.' Michael Prince

Introduction to Active Learning

http://www.crlt.umich.edu/active_learning_introduction

Reflect In Writing

Quick Writes That Work

https://threeteacherstalk.com/2017/02/28/quick-writes-that-work/

Writing-to-Learn Activities

http://blog.tesol.org/writing-to-learn-activities/

Post-It Throwdown

Solve It

Three Effective Techniques for Brainstorming Ideas

http://www.edudemic.com/three-techniques-brainstorming/

Relate It

How To Make Learning Relevant To Your Students (And Why It’s Crucial To Their Success)

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/how-to-make-learning-relevant/

Feel It

How Can Teachers Foster Curiosity?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2014/06/04/33shonstrom.h33.html

Generate Questions

Generating Effective Questions

https://www.edutopia.org/blog/new-classroom-questioning-techniques-todd-finley

Teach It

How Peer Teaching Improves Student Learning and 10 Ways To Encourage It

https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/informed/features/peer-teaching/

Doodle

8 Ways to Get Started With Doodling in the Classroom

https://www.weareteachers.com/doodling-in-the-classroom/

Control Your Environment

Classroom Environment

https://www.ortingschools.org/cms/lib/WA01919463/Centricity/domain/326/purpose/research/Classroom%20Environment%20article.pdf

Summarizing

Summarizing

http://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/summarizing

Compare Notes

Student collaborative note-taking during lecture – encourage or discourage?

https://blogs.agu.org/geoedtrek/2016/12/28/collaborative-note-taking/

Self-Assess

Can students learn more by assessing their progress?

https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2015/11/11/students-self-assess-their-way-to-learning.html