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Organize Your Teaching > Higher-Order Questions > See How It Works
A physics teacher describes how he organizes whiteboard presentations to give his students an authentic forum for explaining their problem solving and answering higher-order questions. Related...
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Organize Your Teaching > Abstract & Concrete > See How It Works
Teachers at Normal Park Elementary explain how they use learning expeditions to make abstract concepts from textbooks into more memorable and understandable, concrete experiences for their...
Using an aquarium and food coloring, science teacher Tasia Stamos re-creates the layers of warm and cool water in a summer lake to help her students visualize the effects of thermal...
Social studies teacher and curriculum trainer Matt Moorman explains how to help students understand abstract ideas by using visual techniques, including graphic organizers and visual...
Organize Your Teaching > Spacing Learning > See How It Works
Middle school social studies teacher Patrice Bain explains how she uses "clickers" (remote control devices) to give short, ungraded quizzes to prompt student recall of key course material. View the...
Social Studies teacher Bonny Bowen describes how she uses three types of quiz activities to help students master and retain key course material. Related Files: Plainwell Middle School...
Two math teachers describe their department's focus on student mastery of skills and knowledge over time. They have developed a curriculum that creates multiple opportunities for students to learn...
Dropout Prevention > Learning Environment > See How It Works
The principal at Foxfire discusses the foundational principles of the school's learning environment: Big Rocks. These principles are Core Values, Wellness, Communication, Building and Building...
Dropout Prevention > Social/Behavior Programs > See How It Works
Foxfire is an alternative school that provides embedded wraparound services to meet the social, physical, behavioral, emotional, and academic needs of students. The school works with community...
Watch a video about the Freshman Academy program one high school engages to support the freshman transition. Sample materials Tutoring Assignment Pass and Pathways to Success Organization and...
Western Hills University High School uses a team approach and flex block scheduling to foster a personalized learning environment. The team-based learning approach at Western Hills helps teachers...
The principal and assistant principal of Sleepy Hollow discuss the transition of the school's disciplinary approach from punitive to encouraging. Data from the school’s referral tool are used to...
