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 can also see all my “Best” lists on instructional strategies here.
Here are this week’s picks:
Teaching demands an underrated amount of acting.
like we’ve never heard a kid share that idea before.
like we’re excited about a moment in a text for the 3rd period in a row.
like that project hasn’t been done many times before
like we are not tired, frustrated, annoyed, etc— Matthew R. Kay (@MattRKay) October 9, 2024
Classroom Seating and Student Achievement is from The Effortful Educator. I’m adding it to The Best Resources On Classroom Seating Strategies.
8 Ways to Show Students Their Academic Growth is from Edutopia.
Big and Small Strategies to Harness the Power of Peer-to-Peer Teaching is from Edutopia. I’m adding it to The Best Posts On Helping Students Teach Their Classmates — Help Me Find More.
Making the Choice to Teach Up is by Carol Ann Tomlinson. I’m adding it to THE BEST RESOURCES FOR LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TEACHER EXPECTATIONS.
"An outcome confirmed in hundreds of studies: students gain a much deeper understanding of science when they actively grapple with…questions than when they passively listen to answers": https://t.co/Hwj1aNwtZy
— Alfie Kohn (@alfiekohn) October 9, 2024
Really nice visualization of Mayer's principles of multimedia presentation. Not to be confused with "teaching," but still nice. https://t.co/f8bePjJCdN
— Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer) October 8, 2024
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