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5 Tips for Teaching Online

Catlin Tucker

By contrast, when students engage in an asynchronous online discussion, they usually have to read or watch something prior to posting their response, they have to think critically about the questions posed, and they have to craft a cogent written response. 4 Prioritize Student Communication & Collaboration.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students.

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An Active Reading Strategy for Any Learning Landscape

Catlin Tucker

I could not answer a single question about the content of what I read. In their new book, Teaching for Deeper Learning: Tools to Engage Students in Meaning Making , my friend, Jay McTighe , and his co-author, Harvey Silver , write about an active reading strategy that encourages students to engage with texts before, during, and after reading.

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Using Collaborative Learning to Elevate Students’ Educational Experiences

Faculty Focus

Collaborative learning is an educational environment where students work together in smaller groups to achieve a common goal. Collaborative learning is analogous to the traditional learning model, in which teachers impact knowledge on students.

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5 digital tools to enhance your social studies instruction

eSchool News

As a fourth-grade English/language arts and social studies teacher in an elementary collaborative learning magnet program–which is also a NASA Explorer School–I get the challenge of unlocking the minds of 9- and 10-year-olds who are more at home in the STEM subjects than in exploring literature or our country’s history.

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5 strategies to close the critical thinking gap

eSchool News

Make learning active Models such as project-based learning and inquiry learning have been demonstrated to improve learning outcomes. But you don’t have to upend your entire curriculum or implement a complicated model to make learning more active. Even better, teach students how to ask their own questions.

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5 math curriculum insights from educators

eSchool News

Instead of asking for the usual feedback on curriculum, I posed a different question. It empowers teachers to facilitate collaborative learning. They chose their profession for the opportunity to create those moments when a student “gets it” and the learning just explodes out of them. It’s student-centered and flexible.

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