Use this lesson to introduce students to how data and statistics can be used to spread misinformation online. Students will learn to recognize unsupported data or statistics and equip them with tools ...

Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) are simple, low-pressure ways to check how well students are understanding the material. These methods are efficient, student-centered strategies that provide ...

Helping students see how what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives, hopes, and dreams enhances motivation. It can also be challenging to teachers who are tasked with covering a lot ...

In response to the growing need for youth mental health care related to the use of technology, a nonprofit education agency is providing Digital Well-Being lessons to middle and high school students ...

Note: This video is designed to help the teacher better understand the lesson and is NOT intended to be shown to students. It includes observations and conclusions that students are meant to make on ...

Using words like ‘factors,’ ‘denominators’ and ‘multiples’ may be part of a constellation of good math teaching practices ...

One of my favorite things to do is to become a student. Whether that means taking lessons when skiing or while playing either tennis or golf, doing so allows me to think like the players I coach ...

Creating good presentations has always been an important part of learning and teaching. Students use slides to explain ideas, ...

Jerrid Kruse receives funding from the National Science Foundation, the NASA Iowa Space Grant Consortium, and the William G. Stowe Foundation. During my years teaching science in middle school, high ...

Education is often discussed in terms of results. Marks, degrees, rankings, placements. In this framing, learning becomes ...

This lesson plan provides students with evidence that all living things grow and change as they progress through their life cycle. All of the activities detailed in this lesson plan can be done with ...

To sum it up, the four most effective scaffolds in my experience have been visual supports, simplified texts, extended time, ...