Three Strategies YOU WON’T BELIEVE Can LITERALLY Make Thinking Visible
We teachers can often find ourselves jumping into new material or progressing from old material without really seeing how our students are thinking and feeling […]
Misc
And At Last I See The Thinking: Making Thinking Visible
Making thinking apparently visible in the classroom is incredibly important if you want to be able to determine if your students are learning (and that […]
Do You See What I See? – Making Thinking Visible
Have you ever given a presentation and asked for questions at the end to which no one responded? Are you frustrated when you aren’t sure […]
STEM(en & women)
Who dominates the STEM fields? According to The National Girls Collaborative Project: Women constitute 47% of the overall workforce But only 28% of the Science and […]
How to fly with STE(A)M
Well, not exactly. A much better word for it would really be hover. But come on, what kid isn’t gonna get excited about building a hovercraft. […]
The Importance of Interdependence Within the Classroom
Group Work “Scaries” Everybody has heard the common horror stories about group work. Typically, there is the group member that hoards the project, the member […]
EVOLUTION OF DRIVE
Origins From the beginning of time, what has been the source of our survival? Motivation for survival. The origins of motivation can be traced back […]
Ecotone of the Classroom
Teaching in the Margins Being an effective science teacher means more than being knowledgable in your science demand. Effective science teaching is making deep connections […]
Teaching in the Margins: Where Diversity of Learning Flourishes
Just like a coral reef in the ocean, The margins is where life flourishes and learning grows. What does it Mean to Teach in […]
The Exemplary Teacher
What makes a teacher good? I want the answer to be black and white. I want to think of teaching like I think of math […]