There is some very interesting research in cognitive psychology that has been mostly ignored in education. Some of this research has...

You plan the lesson. You have the ideas. You can see how it is going to go in your head. And then it doesn’t. Somehow the students...

As a principal I get to go into classrooms in different ways than as a teacher. First of all, everyone sits up straighter! Sometimes, a...

When we ask questions in class, we are hoping to develop in our students a greater understanding of the material. We, as teachers, hope...

Differentiation, multiple entry points, small group instruction, individualized instruction, IEP’d students—how do we incorporate all of...

I went to an interesting workshop on managing challenging behaviour and I thought I’d share some of Dr. Ross Greene’s ideas.  Not only do...

We often think of guided reading or guided instruction as a primary technique, but really it is good for students at all grade levels. ...

There is a sweet spot in teaching between scaffolding and rescuing, between challenging and overwhelming, between chaos and a productive...

I read an excellent article this week (Wiggins, Grant.  Seven Keys to Effective Feedback.  Educational Leadership, September 2012, pp...

When I was a student, back in the dark ages, teachers gave out assignments all the time.  We did them, we got them back marked and we...

When kids are reading we want them to spend most of their time reading, thinking about their reading, talking about their reading and...

I am guilty, as a female, of reading mostly fiction.  So when someone asks what I am reading, I invariably default to the novel in which...

There is a current belief that student tasks should be “authentic”.  When I first heard that word (more years ago than I am going to...

We have begun to have some discussions about multiple entry points.  Given that our classes are not homogeneous, if we really want all...