The Definition Of The Cognitive Load Theory
Cognitive load theory says that because short-term memory is limited, learning should be designed with those limitations in mind.
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Teaching Students To See Quality
So what does quality have to do with learning? Quite a bit, it turns out. And it starts out with helping students understand what it means.
Is Cognitive Load Theory The Most Important Thing A Teacher Should Know?
If you ask a student to apply problem-solving skills when they are learning new and critical information, you're asking the brain to do two things at once. This limits both processes. The task is 'complex' but not in a way that benefits the student.
What Are The Indicators Of Authentic Mobile Learning?
Designing instruction around tablets requires some slight shifts in how you view when, why, and how learning happens.
Curriculum Planning Tips For Any Grade Level Or Content Area
By exposing students to critical content over and over again in increasingly complex ways, spiraling is a flexible and potent curriculum mapping strategy.
4 Phases Of Inquiry-Based Learning: A Guide For Teachers
After researching, this stage of the inquiry process is centered around students clarifying both their own thinking.
The Difference Between A Good Question And A Bad Question
A question is only a strategy (for inquiry) and must therefore have a purpose if we want to evaluate its quality.
What Are The Top Trends In Education Technology?
What's heading up and what's heading down? Here are 60 trends in education.
The Paradox Of The Modern Teacher
23 propositions in an attempt to etch out the paradox of the modern teacher.
A Troublesome Contradiction Between Transparency & Learning Innovation
Learning produces long-term and often invisible results--few of which are illuminated with the most common learning outcomes and artifacts.
As The World Changes, How Should School Change?
Amazon has 800-word reviews on exercise machines, but the best we can do to evaluate the quality of learning is to 'hear' a school is 'good.'
10 Specific Ideas To Gamify Your Classroom
Gamify your classroom with challenges, feedback, levels, creativity, and rewards to motivate students to learn, and master concepts.
What is Hermeneutics? The Field Of Text Interpretation
Hermeneutics is a branch of knowledge concerned with the theory, practice, and methodology of interpretation of text.
The Definition Of Critical Reading
Critical reading is reading with the purpose of critical examination of the text and its implicit and explicit themes and ideas.
10 Things To Try Before You Quit Teaching
If you would've told me that rather than quitting teaching, I should 'try counseling,' I probably would not have responded favorably.
What’s The One Thing Your Students Will Remember From Your Class?
What do you want your students to remember most about you? Your class? What's the enduring message you hope stays with them for a lifetime?