Teaching Strategies
Discover best practices for improving your teaching craft.
28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding
From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible.1.7kA More Efficient and Productive Way to Conduct Math Assessments
Here’s how to assign graded work that more accurately assesses elementary students’ learning and saves time.Bringing Interval Instruction to Your Classroom
Research finds that lessons that go from direct instruction to active learning and back again can increase students’ understanding.10427 Super-Smart, Teacher-Tested Closing Activities
Quick (and fun) strategies to check for understanding, reinforce learning, and identify misconceptions in the last moments of class.2.7k60-Second Strategies for Educators
Our popular series of short videos that break down effective classroom practices for every grade level in literally one minute—all in one place. How’s that for a quick win?22kShining a Light on Dyscalculia
Here’s how to recognize what might be behind a student’s difficulty with math as well as strategies for teaching them.142Tapping Into the Metacognition of Mistakes
Getting kids to identify and classify the types of mistakes they make gives them the tools they need to drive their own learning.1.2kShould More Time Be Spent Learning Math Facts?
As schools nationwide contend with declining math scores, some districts are dedicating more time to the practice of foundational skills.10.1kWhy Are Some Kids Thriving During Remote Learning?
Though remote learning during the pandemic has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?76kIs it Time to Drop ‘Finding the Main Idea’ and Teach Reading in a New Way?
Some schools are changing the way they teach reading—based on research that shows background knowledge is more critical to comprehension than general skills like ‘finding the main idea.’58.5k60-Second Strategy: Whiteboard Relay
The team competition is fierce in this informal assessment activity, in which students have to work together to win.6.9kHow Learning Happens
In this series, we explore how educators can guide all students, regardless of their developmental starting points, to become productive and engaged learners.54.6k8 Strategies to Improve Participation in Your Virtual Classroom
Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.50.4kGetting Middle and High School Students with Low Grades Back on Track
By sitting down with students and laying out just what they need to do to pass, teachers can give them the tools to succeed.63217 Brain Breaks Tailored for High Schoolers
As high school students navigate more rigorous academic tasks and denser curricular material, the occasional 3-to-5-minute break delivers a wide range of benefits.7.1k