How Praise is Crushing Self-Efficacy
Walk into any teacher store and you will find a slew of colorful stickers—Wow! Amazing! Great Job! You’re #1! Excellent! Smart Cookie! Good one! A++! We add brightly colored stickers...
6 Simple Steps for ‘Teaching to the Test’ the Right Way
The backlash against teaching to the test came for a good reason. Teachers were teaching students what they needed to know in order to pass whichever test the school district...
5 Simple Ways Teachers Can Help Students Stop Tricking Themselves
“Give me a second. I know this. Hold on. Uuugghh! It’s on the tip of my tongue. I know it but I can’t explain it.” Have you ever heard something...
Dramatically Increase Student Learning by Using 5 D.A.R.T.S.
Are students’ attention spans shrinking? That’s what a new study suggests. Teachers have always been able to use chronological age +1 as a guide for the length of a student’s...
