Each week, I publish a post or two containing three or four particularly useful resources on classroom instruction, and you can see them all here.
You might also be interested in THE BEST RESOURCES ON INSTRUCTION IN 2022 – PART ONE.
Here are this week’s picks:
Engaging Students in Social Studies is an interesting American Educator article about Baltimore’s BMore & Me inquiry curriculum. You can read more about it here and here.
NEW: 3 Activities I’ve Used to Engage Math Students.#math #mathed #mtbos
Students are more engaged when they’re talking & moving around, says math teacher Michelle Russell. “I won’t lie – it’s hard.” And noisy. She rates 3 strategies she’s tried.https://t.co/tXk27OS0YG pic.twitter.com/pmoJ8JQtgN
— MiddleWeb (@middleweb) December 5, 2023
Insights into de-implementation is from Evidence For Learning.
This video about the jigsaw method is so-so, but the transcript link is particularly useful since it has some very nice links for additional info. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE JIGSAW INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGY:
It seems to me that scripts deprofessionalize teachers & hurt students when total fidelity to them is required (like the infamous ‘Open Court police who demanded that all teachers be on same lesson everyday). Scripts as suggested guides r different
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 17, 2023
Or, a teacher listening to someone who has never taught in a classroom telling them what they are doing wrong https://t.co/FTTguJdgog
— Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) December 26, 2023
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