With so much information that we want our students to learn, it seems like our biggest focus should be on effectively giving the information to the students. Although this is important, most of the information will be forgotten quickly if we do not have the students recall the information regularly. Retrieval practice boosts learning by focusing on pulling information out …
The book Grading Smarter, Not Harder: Assessment Strategies That Motivate Kids and Help Them Learn by Myron Dueck contains lots of great ideas about grading. Some of these ideas may work well in our school, while others may not. I am here to outline some of the ideas presented in this book, and to open the discussion for the true …
All of mathematics is built upon a solid foundation of fundamental mathematical facts. These building blocks allow subsequent ideas to be hypothesized and in many cases proven, adding to the never ending list of theorems and definitions taught in schools today. For Geometry, these fundamental axioms were formalized by the Greek mathematician Euclid in Alexandria around 300 BC in a …
College is expensive. Luckily there are programs that can help to mitigate the cost of an education, and I am here to talk specifically about teacher loan forgiveness. Federal Student Aid created a program that applies to teachers who meet certain eligibility criteria, forgiving up to $17,500 of student loans. Read on to learn about eligibility requirements, and how to …
Some people know from the start that they want to work in education. Maybe they had a teacher whose passion for their subject was so influential, and they want to spread the love of their subject to other students in a similar way. Upon graduating from high school they head off to college and begin their higher education, taking education …
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