Included in this excerpt from Teaching Mathematics in the Visible Learning Classroom, High School, is a Peer Assisted Review (PAR) activity on on understanding volume formulas. PARs are a great resource to help students reflect on their own thinking and solve meaningful problems.
This chapter from We Reason & We Prove for ALL Mathematics, "Setting the Stage," will help students engage in mathematical activities that emphasize reasoning, justifying, and proving.
The following checklist from Step into STEAM, Grades K-5, includes the crucial elements to incorporate into your STEAM PBL as you embark on a STEAM inquiry using a Problem-Based Learning (PBL) framework.
Whether you will be building your STEAM physical space in your regular classroom setting, have an already-defined STEAM lab in your school, or are conceptualizing other ideas for STEAM physical spaces, consider the following excerpt from Step Into STEAM, Grades K-5, to understand what a STEAM classroom atmosphere looks like—and doesn’t look like.
In this sample excerpt from The Mathematics Lesson-Planning Handbook, Grades 6-8, learn how to construct your own learning intentions and success criterias for your mathematics lesson plans. These intentions help students take ownership of their learning.
Use this complimentary excerpt from Visible Learning for Science, Grades K-12, to learn powerful feedback strategies that you can use to impact your students’ science learning.
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These text-dependent questions from Text-Dependent Questions, Grades K-5, help you get your students started on a deeper reading of Allen Say's The Sign Painter.
Listen in to this BlogTalkRadio interview with Teaching the Whole Teen authors Rachel Poliner and Jeffrey Benson to hear more about the practices that promote success and resilience in school and life.
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Use this self-reflection tool from Teaching the Whole Teen by Rachel Poliner and Jeffrey Benson with your students to help them to discover ways that they could be more collaborative and develop a growth mindset in their collaboration skills.
Use these feedback starters and responses from Teaching the Whole Teen by Rachel Poliner and Jeffrey Benson to inform your strategies for delivering feedback in your classroom that students can use.