Teaching Fact vs Opinion for Reading Comprehension
One of the most important skills that students need to improve their reading comprehension is the ability to distinguish between facts and opinions, a higher order thinking skill. This skill is particularly important because of the proliferation of altered truths...
Teaching Strategies: Fact vs Opinion
One of the most important higher order thinking skills that students need to improve their academic performance is the ability to distinguish between facts and opinions. This skill is particularly important because of the proliferation of altered truths circulating...
Positive Reinforcement
By Guest Blogger Jeff Stimpson “Positive reinforcement,” a theory of childrearing that is the opposite of “bribery” and sort of the opposite of “punishment” offers several ideas for heading-off bad behavior and sloppy homework habits. Positive reinforcement involves...Using Visuals to Teach Vocabulary
What if we taught English vocabulary the same way we teach foreign languages? Popular language-learning programs teach vocabulary with visuals – meaningful pictures and other visual cues kids can easily relate to. Similar strategies can be very effective in the...