Teaching Strategies

Through this approach, which focuses on students’ strengths, teachers can plan instruction that promotes a growth mindset.

By coordinating with families and keeping things simple, K–8 teachers can guide students to engage in meaningful science lessons at home.

Whether preschool teachers are working with kids in person, remotely, or in a hybrid model, they can continue to focus on social and emotional learning.

Educators share their best synchronous and asynchronous strategies to boost student participation during online learning.

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.’

Though remote learning has brought many challenges, some students seem to be thriving in the new circumstances. What can we learn from them?

An American whose classroom in Beijing is now online shares what she and her team have learned since the coronavirus hit, just as U.S. teachers make the same shift.

Implementing this method makes dividing a teacher’s time between students in class and those working at home much easier.

Bridging the transition between elementary and middle school is always important—but this year’s strategies will require some rethinking.

Capturing students' interests can be harmful to learning when it's not relevant to the subject, research shows.

The number one concern that I hear from educators is lack of time, particularly lack of instructional time with students. Although we can't entirely solve the time problem, we can mitigate it by carefully analyzing our use of class time.

A recent study gleaned five insights on virtual instruction by examining the techniques shared in common by top-rated online instructors.

While students and their families are coping with so much, teachers should be mindful to assign only homework that’s truly meaningful.

In special education, teachers say that schedules, sensory supports, and close collaboration with families can help smooth the transition to remote learning.