All in For Teachers
Multiple-choice tests are very popular in education for a variety of reasons – they are easy to grade, offer greater objectivity, and can allow more content to be covered on a single test. As a result of its popularity and utility, multiple-choice testing has been the focus ...
This week, we provide 5 resources related to teaching about race and bias. Some of these might be more realistic than others to actually implement in your classrooms - but all provide interesting food for though.
Our goal as Learning Scientists is to try to bridge the gap between researchers and educators. Unfortunately, this is a very difficult goal, often more difficult than many people realize. We have often found that educators are disillusioned by basic ...
"Learning outcomes are measurable statements that articulate what students should know, be able to do, or value as a result of taking a course or completing a program" (1).This post responds to a reader’s question, “Is there any evidence to support sharing written learning outcomes prior to teaching a topic?”
There is a lot going on in today's world, and we know more than a couple of people who would prefer to ignore the news because of world events. But, as teachers do we have a responsibility to teach our students about race and bias? There has been some debate ...
I recently had the opportunity to observe instruction in a first grade classroom. The teacher was giving a vocabulary lesson in which she taught children words that could be divided into two categories: words that contained the “AU” vowel sound found in the word “couch”...
