“What’s Middle School like now?”
“What do you see when you walk into a middle school classroom in 2020?” This is a question that I have been asked numerous times […]
The Power of Curiosity
Duckworth, a student of Piaget’s, urges us to allow children to be curious and support their sense of wonder. It is this sense of wonder […]
Is it worth it? Duckworthian Teaching to Scientific Discover
Everyone once in their lives has had at least one wonderful idea. This idea could be anything, from putting ice in hot chocolate to cool […]
Sparking Ideas of Wonder and Curiosity
Eleanor Duckworth stresses the importance of allowing and encouraging students to become curious and ask questions about different topics and subjects. This can be difficult […]
Making Thinking Visible: Developing Habits of Critical Thinkers
Have you stood in front of a room full of 30 students, all eyes are on you, maybe your lecturing about the carbon cycle, and […]
MTV: The Art of Visualizing Thinking
In the current classrooms, teachers mostly focus on completing worksheets and assignments, instead of emphasizing the importance of truly understanding the material. We don’t expect […]
MTV: More Than Music Television
Everyone has heard of the television station MTV. It has been around for ages and what started as a place for music videos now hosts […]
Power of the Post-it
Making thinking visible is one of the best strategies for science classrooms. Whether it’s checking for comprehension after reading an academic journal or having a […]
Visible Thinking… The Visible Guide to Student Growth
As teachers, we always want to see student growth in our classrooms. Whether that be with writing skills, critical thinking, creativity etc. However, classes today […]
MTV: Creating a Culture of Critical Thinkers
“Do the reading by Friday. We’re going to talk about it in class, so be prepared.” I don’t know about you, but this was a […]