Why Your Mindset About Student Potential Might Be Holding Them Back
Shift the Mindset, Shift the Outcomes: Why What We Believe About Students Matters Most When we believe students are capable, they start to believe it too. But when they are told, directly or indirectly, that they are “not honors-level material,” something inside them...
Meeting Student Needs and Moving Forward: Strategies That Work
When students in your classroom are not progressing at the same rate or better as their peers, supplement their learning with researched based strategies that increase achievement. These are also Tier Two interventions for Response to Intervention. How to Respond to...
Effective Strategies for Dyslexic Readers: Unlocking Comprehension with Reciprocal Teaching
What is Reciprocal Teaching? Reciprocal teaching is a fantastic way to improve reading comprehension. This strategy involves discussion and the use of specific reading techniques: summarizing, question generating, clarifying, and predicting. Why Reciprocal Teaching...
Brain-Based Teaching: Easy Learning Strategies for Your Classroom
As educators, we’re always looking for ways to make our classrooms more effective learning environments. Research in neuroscience has provided us with valuable insights into how the brain learns best. Here are some practical, brain-friendly learning strategies...