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Welcome to my teacher resource pages. These links are an attempt to bring together information, resources, and interesting sources of information about the profession. This page is a list, compilation, vortex, confluence, of articles and other things related to the profession, with a bias on English matters of course. I know social media is often how information is shared these days, but I'm not into social media. I also need things less scattered. This is my attempt to curate useful information for anyone who wants to use it.

BEHS English Department vision: The BEHS English department strives to help every student think critically and communicate clearly.

Science of Teaching & AI & Everything else until I find time to organize

To help new students adapt, some colleges are eliminating gradesAmid growing concerns about mental health, some schools seek to ease the pressure on first-year students. Critics say this "ungrading" amounts to coddling and could set them up for failure.

Opinion | This is the solution to the covid learning loss crisisThe nation's students have fallen behind. There is a way to catch them up.

Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trendsReview of the scientific research on how to teach critical thinking concludes that teaching generic critical thinking skills might be a big waste of time.

Why Studying Is So Hard, and What Teachers Can Do to HelpBeginning in the upper elementary grades, research-backed study skills should be woven into the curriculum, argues psychology professor Daniel Willingham in a new book.

Things Professional Writers Do That Students Should TooEveryone gets stumped when they begin a new writing project—even the professionals. Here are some strategies the world’s best writers use to push past the doldrums and generate higher-quality writing.

Education Dept.: Teachers Must Be Central to Unlocking How AI Can Improve LearningEducators should understand the limitations of artificial intelligence and be empowered to decide when to disregard its conclusions.

Creating ELA Curriculum That’s Meaningful to StudentsA look at how high school English teachers can mix classic and contemporary texts to reflect the varied backgrounds and experiences of their students.

What Does SEL Mean Anyway? 7 Experts Break It DownIt can be hard to pin down what kinds of teaching and curriculum fall into the category of social-emotional learning.

Feedback That Fosters GrowthTeachers can give feedback that produces learning growth by making sure it’s meaningful and directed at the skill rather than the student.

Students can’t get off their phones. Schools have had enough.Administrators see them as an intensifying distraction — or, worse, a tax on students’ mental health.

Think Again: Should Elementary Schools Teach Reading Comprehension?Reading comprehension depends on the acquisition of decoding, vocabulary, and knowledge, not “comprehension skills” as such. Yet the instructional practices and curricula that are the foundation for many English classrooms assume otherwise.

PROOF POINTS: The lesson the arts teachLarge randomized test of arts education in Houston finds student behavior improves and test scores don’t suffer

Even after shootings, experts warn against cellphones in schoolsIn the wake of the mass shooting at an elementary school in Texas, should kids be allowed to bring smartphones into the classroom for safety?

Opinion | ChatGPT Is a Plagiarism MachineSo why do administrators have their heads in the sand?

How to Help Students Resist Their Phones and Develop Better Digital HabitsExcessive phone use can lead to depression and poor school performance, but building academic confidence can forge healthier habits.

Teaching Practice

The Research on Life-Changing TeachingWhat really moves the needle for educators, and by extension their students?

NameDrop - Your Personal Voice SignatureNo name should ever be mispronounced. NameDrop allows you to record your name and share it with the world

How to Help Readers Grapple With Challenging TextsInstead of matching students to texts they can breeze through, literacy guru Tim Shanahan says that students should be engaging with challenging texts that push them out of their comfort zones.

Fact Check: Are Flexible Student Deadlines at Odds With Real Life?Will flexibility around due dates deliver a reprieve for stressed-out students—or ruin them for real-world work? A high school teacher examines the practice.

Have we underestimated the progress of high school students?Federal NAEP scores have been stagnant for high schoolers, but that could be due to falling dropout rates.

Syllabiology: Living in Letters"This course will be conducted completely through the postal mail."

Improving Teaching With Expert Feedback—From StudentsTeachers can improve their practice by giving students a voice in the classroom.

ME-2022-My Name, My Identity.pdf

ME_2021-My Name.pdf

A Positive Relationship Will Not Fix All Classroom Issues. Period.Teachers can do a lot of things. But we can't do everything.

UDL

UDL Lesson Planning UDL lesson planning can help you teach all students. Learn how to lesson plan with UDL and download a UDL lesson plan template.

If Equity is a Priority, UDL is a MustThis framework rejects one-size-fits-all teaching and offers options for how to engage, what materials to use, and how to demonstrate learning.

Assessment

The Case Against Grades (##)The Writings Of Alfie Kohn

FELICIA ROSE CHAVEZ Home of The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop by Felicia Rose Chavez

Grades are Dehumanizing; Ungrading is No Simple SolutionThere is nothing ideologically neutral about grades, and there is nothing ideologically neutral about the idea that we can neat and tidily do away with grades.

Fact Check: Are Flexible Student Deadlines at Odds With Real Life?Will flexibility around due dates deliver a reprieve for stressed-out students—or ruin them for real-world work? A high school teacher examines the practice.

The Argument in Favor of Minimum Grading

Critical Thinking

Scientific research on how to teach critical thinking contradicts education trendsReview of the scientific research on how to teach critical thinking concludes that teaching generic critical thinking skills might be a big waste of time.

Teaching Online

Five Ways to Promote Student Autonomy in Online Discussions | Faculty FocusDiscussions in an online course play a vital role in creating substantive interactions, aiming to capture the spirit of discourse in face-to-face settings.

What Teachers Need to Make Remote Schooling WorkThe coronavirus pandemic is increasing academic gaps, and educators are scrambling to reduce them.

It’s Hard to Teach Writing OnlineA veteran educator’s tips for reaching students remotely

Social Justice & Equity in Education

What Anti-racist Teachers Do DifferentlyThey view the success of black students as central to the success of their own teaching.

6 Things Anti-Racist Educators Want Grown-ups to Know about Teaching and Raising Kids - MindShiftFor adults accustomed to the false paradigm of “not seeing color,” starting to address systemic racism will be uncomfortable. By sitting with that discomfort, teachers and parents demonstrate the importance of these issues and model a willingness to make mistakes.

Viewing Late Work Through an Equity LensA teacher stopped penalizing late work and started asking students questions about why assignments were late. Here’s what he learned.

SEL

The Difficulty of Teaching

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www.achievingthedream.org/resource/13784/the-drop-rate-improvement-program-at-odessa-college

Why good teachers allow a child’s mind to wander and wonder | Psyche IdeasThe experience of wonder is essential to the task of education – it opens up the world. That’s why teachers should foster it

Opinion | Students Learn From People They LovePutting relationship quality at the center of education.

Please Stop Expecting Normal From Kids (and Teachers) Right NowBecause there's nothing normal about teaching and learning in 2020.

Reading

https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/edutips/edutip7/

EduTip 7: Stop popcorn reading.EduTips are micro-episodes of the Cult of Pedagogy Podcast. Each EduTip offers one small, useful thing that will help you become a better teacher. Sponsored by Floop . Popcorn reading, which is also known as Round-Robin reading, is a classroom practice in which students go around the room taking turns reading a text out loud. …

Deep Learning Theory

Deep Learning Instruction

On Meta-cognition

Two Insanely Easy Ways to Boost Meta-cognition in the classroom
Metacognition: Nurturing Self-Awareness in the Classroom
Activities for Metacognition: this website is a teaching guide for professors at Depaul University and has a slew of teaching resources, strategies, and information.
How much of your lesson should be teacher talk?

General Education Topics

Reading Aloud in High School
"How to get better at the things you care about" A TED Talk about high stakes and low stake settings necessary to learn
Measuring Proficient Teachers Codifies Bad Teaching P. L. Thomas
Why Schools should not teach critical thinking skills
Article on why standardized testing prevails in US Ed. Autumn A. Arnett
We Aren't Here to Learn What We Already Know Kyla Wazana Tompkins
Article on how reading fiction helps with college and career readiness
Make Critical Thinking Explicit
6 Ways to Honor the Learning Process in Your Classroom
Do Students Really Have Different Learning Styles? (Mind/Shift 2012)
How to design a classroom for inquiry (Mind/Shift )
How do you know when a teaching strategy is effective? (Mind/Shft)

English Companion Ning

Increase the Amount of Student WritingTwo necessary conditions for students to improve the quality of their writing are explicit instruction in writing techniques and sustained writing practice. Explicit instruction is a systemic approach to teaching that includes a set of proven design and delivery procedures or interventions derived from research. Throughout this guide, you will find descriptions of many such writing interventions.

Analysis | Teacher: What happened when I stopped test prep and focused on building relationships with my students"At some point we have to ask ourselves if what we’re doing is right for our kids."

The Student Engagement Trap, and How to Avoid ItCapturing students' interests can be harmful to learning when it's not relevant to the subject, research shows.

3 Brain-Based Strategies That Encourage Deeper ThinkingRetrieval practice, elaboration, and concept mapping help students make richer, more meaningful connections between ideas.

Journal of Educational Controversy

Tools to support tech

Boston Review Forum on Education:

Instruction

Using Shakespeare to build English Language Skills
Washington State Online Resource Library with digital curriculum
Strong writing exercises from FSU's Inkwell

Tech Tools

Newslea: non-fiction articles where you can change the lexile level.
Edpuzzzle: embed questions into videos
Google Docs extension: Draftback

Assessment

BA Exam prep questions

Writing

On Citation and the Research Paper P. L. Thomas
How the 5-Paragraph Essay Fails as Warranted Practice P. L. Thomas

'I feel completely in control': stress-busting teaching strategies for 2018We asked teachers for the tried and tested tricks that have dramatically improved their time at school and at home

Why Teens Should Understand Their Own Brains (And Why Their Teachers Should, Too!)Human brains are still developing throughout our teenage and early adult years. Knowing more about the way they work can teach us about how schools can work, too.

The Myth of the Disrupted Classroom When I was a Junior in high school, my girlfriend was sent home from school for wearing inappropriate clothing. She was wearing layers of slips on top of each other...misterrad.tumblr.com/post/48635589625/the-myth-of-the-disrupted-classroom-when-i-was-a

KNKX Connects: Program aims to develop more Latino teachers for Skagit Valley schoolsThere's been a big demographic shift in Skagit Valley school districts in the past decade. For example, these days about 43 percent of students in the

10 Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment10 Characteristics Of A Highly Effective Learning Environment

Perspective | Our graduates should answer cynicism and insults with inquiry and reflectionA university president argues that education can counter a warped politics that disregards facts and incites hatred.

Coercion in the Classroom Won't WorkLearning by doing and sensitivity to feelings are the keys to academic progress

Stanford Study on giving student feedback

My Finnish Education Lessons on YouTube - Taught by FinlandFive years ago, I started the Taught by Finland blog. I used it to share the lessons I learned as a fifth grade teacher at a Helsinki public school. Back...

What New Research on Teens and Social Media Means for TeachersUnderstanding your students' social media lives is essential.

A place for explorers & experimenters at Stanford University.We are a hub for innovation, collaboration and creativity at Stanford. Our mission is to help people become everyday innovators, everywhere.

What Americans Keep Ignoring About Finland's School SuccessThe Scandinavian country is an education superpower because it values equality more than excellence.

Design thinking in educationSome call design thinking a revolution in learning, while others see it as just the latest fad, better left to Silicon Valley charter schools.

The “Learning Styles” Myth Is Still Prevalent Among Educators — And It Shows No Sign of Going AwayBy Emily Reynolds. But research into the prevalence of learning style myths also has its flaws, the team points out.

CommonLit | Browse our free collection of reading passages in all literary and nonfiction genres for grades 3-12.

A Grading Strategy That Puts the Focus on Learning From MistakesA math grading strategy that focuses on learning from mistakes before a grade ever comes into play.

A Visual Summary: 32 Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know -A Visual Summary: 32 Learning Theories Every Teacher Should Know by Terry Heick Learning theory–and the research that goes into it–is a topic seen frequently in universities and teaching programs, then less frequently after once teachers begin practicing in the classroom. Why this is true is complicated. (If you’re teaching, you may have more pressing …

A Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: Learning ModelsA Dictionary For 21st Century Teachers: An ongoing index of emerging learning models, theories, and technology for progressive teaching.

Decluttering Your ClassroomThoughtful reflection will help you make decisions about what to keep and what to discard in your classroom.

Arts & Letters Daily

How did reading and writing evolve? Neuroscience gives a clueThe beginnings of writing may lie in humanity's far distant past, before Homo sapiens even emerged, says Derek Hodgson of the UK's University of York.

Schools love the idea of a growth mindset, but does it work? – Carl Hendrick | Aeon EssaysA generation of schoolchildren is being exhorted to believe in their brain’s elasticity. Does it really help them learn?

A philosophical approach to routines can illuminate who we really are – Elias Anttila | Aeon IdeasThe things we do every day aren’t just routines to be hacked, but windows through which we glimpse who we really are

4 Things Teachers Shouldn't Be Asking Their Students to DoIt’s unreasonable to hold students to the same standards as adults, writes Justin Minkel.

Antiracist Writing Assessment Ecologies - Teaching in Higher EdAsao B. Inoue discusses antiracist writing assessment ecologies on episode 209 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast.

Teaching StrategiesUse our student-centered teaching strategies to strengthen your students’ literacy skills, nurture critical thinking, and create a respectful classroom climate. You can implement these strategies with any academic content.

Making Better PowerPoint PresentationsPrint Version Baddeley and Hitch’s model of working memory. Research about student preferences for PowerPoint Resources for making better PowerPoint presentations Bibliography We have all experienc…

How to make a visually awesome handoutstraightforward preinciples and a video of a three-minute handout makeover

What Equity in Schools & Education Really Looks LikeEquity and equality are two different concepts that are often used interchangeably. Many people think that equity in education means everyone getting the same thing, but it actually means that everyone gets access to what they need. So how can we work to truly narrow the gaps and improve student learning? Let's take a closer look. Equality versus equity To understand what equity means in schools, we must first separate it from equality. "We have heard the terms equality and equity used interchangeably. However, it is critical to note that while both concepts are key to social justice and deal with resources, they are significantly different," states The National Association for Multicultural Education. "Generally, equality is associated with treating people the same or people having equal access to resources and opportunities." Equity, on the other hand, is about ensuring that everyone receives what they need to be successful — even if that varies across racial or socioeconomic lines.

Which Of These Expert Presentation Design Tips Should You Use? [Quiz] - VenngageWhich presentation design tips from popular speakers apply to you? Take this quiz to see what presentation design style best suits you.

3 Ways to Boost Students’ Conceptual ThinkingCoaching students to think in terms of concepts helps them understand how to apply their learning in the future.

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Why Deeply Diving Into Content Could Be the Key to Reading ComprehensionNatalie Wexler contends that elementary schools have been teaching reading comprehension as a bundle of skills that can be applied to any text. In reality, cognitive scientists have known for years that knowledge and vocabulary play an outsized role.

How to Make Students Care About WritingPirette McKamey, a veteran English teacher, spent 30 years investigating what helps young people to view themselves as writers.

CommonLit | Text Sets - Black Heritage

What the Best Writing Teachers Do, How Students Can Learn From Them - PoynterFrom person-to-person coaching and intensive hands-on seminars to interactive online courses and media reporting, Poynter helps journalists sharpen skills and elevate storytelling throughout their careers.

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Suggestions for Building Classroom Community - NCTEDuring our August #NCTEchat, teachers shared activities that they do at the beginning of the year to build community. Many fantastic ideas were shared!

January #NCTEchat: New Year/New Ideas - NCTEWe hope you can join us tomorrow, Sunday, January 21, at 8 p.m. ET, on Twitter for an #NCTEchat celebrating new ideas for 2018.

A New Semester Begins - NCTEAs a university instructor, I am prepping for the start of the new semester. A new semester brings with it …

Why Teachers Need To Do More Than Have Kids ‘Turn And Talk’Teachers have been led to believe it’s good practice to have students work in groups or pairs, to boost learning and critical thinking. But too often, students get little or no benefit.

My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It. - EdSurge NewsGiving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for ...

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Meet the Single Point RubricThe practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. Try one for yourself and let us see it!

Eight lessons we learned from education research in 2019Education research is hard to keep up with, and often enough, it’s hard to even understand.

Due Dates and the Value of Student OwnershipNegotiating due dates with a class can help increase students’ feelings of accountability—to their teacher and to each other.

The Reading Brain in the Digital Age: The Science of Paper versus ScreensE-readers and tablets are becoming more popular as such technologies improve, but research suggests that reading on paper still boasts unique advantages

Distracted? These Four Learning Strategies Can Help - MindShiftKnowing effective learning strategies can help students improve how they study, while also helping teachers better their instruction.

Social Justice and Education

Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice EducationSome educators wonder if multicultural and social justice education are relevant if most of your students are white. The answer is yes.

Authors Robin DiAngelo and Ibram X. Kendi on how to become aware of privilege"White Fragility" author Robin DiAngelo and CBS News contributor Ibram X. Kendi join "CBS This Morning" for a candid conversation about white privilege. They discuss what it is, why it persists and how it impacts African Americans. Both bestselling authors offer ways to encourage honest conversations about racism in America.

Remote Learning & General Course Design

Modular Course Design - Center for Teaching and Learning | Wiley Education ServicesModules are one of the most popular ways to organize online courses. Check out these tips on how to create an effective modular course design.

Assessment

Do No-Zero Policies Help or Hurt Students?No-zero policies spur serious—and productive—debate among teachers. We look at the big insights on both sides of the argument.

The Mistake Imperative—Why We Must Get Over Our Fear of Student ErrorThe fear of making mistakes is often paralyzing, but cognitive science suggests that errors are part of the fundamental machinery of learning.

How to Set Up Mastery-Based Grading in Your ClassroomIt feels terrible when you know some students didn't really learn the content, but you move them on anyway. Mastery-based grading solves that problem.

Understanding Child TraumaRecognize the signs of child traumatic stress with the informative infographic developed by SAMHSA’s National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative (NCSTI).

Critical Thinking

Teaching Critical Thinking In The Language Classroom | WoBLIn this article, we discuss the importance of critical thinking, considerations for teachers and students, and share some classroom activity ideas.

Nation's Top Teachers Discuss the Post-Pandemic Future of the ProfessionDespite the difficulties this school year brought, the four finalists for the National Teacher of the Year award say they're hopeful.

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Teaching Literature

Teach What You Love - The American ScholarA modest proposal for professors of literature

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