Education
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The Importance Of Student Autonomy – TeachThought
Definition: Student autonomy is students having more meaningful control over what, how, when, or with whom they learn. Student Autonomy…
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A Quick Formative Assessment Guide – TeachThought
A research-informed guide with definition, benefits, classroom strategies, and a clear comparison to summative assessment. Formative assessment is not an…
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On Teachers And Teaching And The Essential Criticism Of It All
In 2015 (and updated most recently in 2024), I wrote a post about helping students learn more from ‘others’ than…
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‘The Objective’ As Read By Wendell Berry
by Terry Heick I recently attended a screening of a documentary on Wendell Berry at the Louisville Speed Art Museum.…
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Alan Watts: Forgive Yourself – TeachThought
I am terrible at forgiving myself. Never good enough. Should’ve said this earlier or have done it another way. Something…
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Create A Curriculum That Questions The Purpose Of Knowledge
by Terry Heick In our recent post, Education’s Curious Fascination With Uniformity, reader James Foss left a useful comment that…
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5 Tools for Increasing Teacher Productivity
12 Teacher Productivity Tools That Actually Save Time Time is the scarcest resource in a teacher’s day. Good tools protect…
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The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock Text – TeachThought
As many Literature/ELA teachers know, T.S. Eliot’s The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock is a worth teaching for any…
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An Excerpt Of ‘Two Minds’ By Wendell Berry – TeachThought
by TeachThought Staff I’ve written many times about Wendell Berry and the effect he has had on me professionally and…
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Critical Thinking Is A Mindset
by Terry Heick Every few months, I see an article making the rounds that critical thinking isn’t a skill and…
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