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40 Positive Life Lessons To Share With Your Learners
Some of the most positive lessons we can experience don't appear in any curriculum. Here is a list of them that will change your life for the better.
How to Fix 5 Common Formative Assessment Problems Teachers Have
How do you face the most common challenges with formative assessment and move forward from them? Let’s find out together in this article.
6 Effective Strategies for Writing Inspiring Essential Questions
In any great lesson, an essential question drives the quest for knowledge and discovery. How do we write essential questions that matter and that inspire the best learning possible?
7 Limited Thinking Habits to Fix For Thinking More Critically
Nobody's perfect and neither is anybody's thinking. However, that doesn't mean we can't get better at it and start thinking more critically. Here’s how to do it by fixing how we think.
15 Assessment Activities That Are Fast, Fun, and Formative
Assessment activities should be quick, enjoyable, and versatile. You can’t go wrong with these assessment activities that are perfect for formative evaluations on the go.
6 Ways of Helping Learners Overcome Learning Barriers
Here we have 6 of the most efficient methods for giving your learners the upper hand in overcoming learning barriers as they appear.
The Most Beneficial Lifelong Learning Skills to Have and Why
The list of beneficial lifelong learning skills one can have is broad and diverse, and it pays to develop them constantly. Here are 10 to place your focus on, and why they matter.
10 of the Best Growth Mindset Activities for Young Learners
No matter if you're doing them at home or in the classroom, these exercises provide enjoyable and stimulating avenues for learning the growth mindset in the younger years.
10 Innovative Formative Assessment Examples for Teachers to Know
Formative assessment is assessment for learning and as learning. What follows are 10 innovative formative assessment strategies for teachers to try out.
6 Benefits of Critical Thinking and Why They Matter
There is much that has been said in praise of critical thinking, but what are the advantages of engaging in it? That’s what we hope to address in this post.
10 Great Critical Thinking Activities That Engage Your Learners
How can learners own their learning with critical thinking activities they’ll really love? We’ve got some ideas—here are some compelling critical thinking activities that you can do with your learners.
10 Self-Directed Learning Questions Every Learner Can Use
This framework features 10 in-depth learning questions learners can apply to their own self-directed learning pursuits.
More Than 300 Awesome Purposeful Question Examples by Subject
Need some purposeful questions to drive learning and get your learners thinking critically and independently? Here are over 300 examples by category. Use them for lesson plans, daily challenges, group activities, and much more.
How to Inspire Your Learners With Powerful Questioning
Using purposeful questions means more than just asking them. It means embedding their essence into your learners’ imaginations.