Student Voice

After explicit instruction on giving feedback, students can give teachers valuable data on the effectiveness of classroom practices.

Openers matter and set the tone for the lesson that follows. Here’s how to start strong when you need to.

Planning and leading a debriefing after a unit of study gives students a chance to practice presentation skills and highlight their learning.

Teachers can take a step back and create lessons that put student explorations at the center of learning.

When students create a magazine about a topic of their choice, it encourages them to write and rewrite carefully.

When students understand their individual strengths, they can advocate for themselves and meet their own needs.

Expressing gratitude has a lot of benefits for students, and teachers can give them the freedom to express it in different ways to promote student choice.

Many teachers find it difficult to gauge how well students understand a lesson in an online classroom. A technique common among award-winning online instructors should help.

Fostering investigative conversation in grades K–2 isn’t easy, but it can be a great vehicle to promote critical thinking.

Visual note-taking allows information to be processed by the brain in three different ways.

There’s a powerful academic impact, new research reveals, when students are voracious, voluntary readers.

Project-based learning that’s student-designed and relevant to their lives can have a profound impact.

As the physical distance increases between you and your students, so can the psychological and emotional space. Here are some tips that can help.

Building a classroom culture of feedback requires scaffolding and a safe, nurturing environment, but it’s worth the effort, teachers say.

A quick formative assessment tool also encourages all students—even shy ones—to participate in discussions.