Teaching Strategies

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

These students can navigate a self-paced class with lots of teacher support at the beginning and clear expectations about assignments.

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.

Nonverbal communication such as American Sign Language can help students and educators in every grade feel more connected.

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

To support young children’s social and developmental skills, preschools have had to get creative with what were once mainstay classroom practices.

The popular tool helps teachers assess students’ thought processes and provides opportunities for students to work together to solve problems.

A simple change in language can show students how mistakes are useful and how struggle can be productive.

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

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

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.