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This is why we teach... teachers are special people!

In my first year of teaching I taught the way I was told to teach. Deliver content to my students, assess at the end, remediate if necessary. With that cycle, I always had kids who were behind, who never seemed like they could catch up. I was talking with a teacher friend the summer after my first year and she suggested something simple. Put a large piece of paper next to the door. Give every student a pack of sticky notes. On the way out the door ...

Visual Approach to teaching Math.

Case studies Modules for teaching Science - Middle school through University

Students can build learning networks in Science and Math.  Concerns about on-line technology use and presence discused by age level.

Problem, project or inquiry-based learning - what should I do? This article is a quick summary of each and how they are being used in classrooms.

Explore first, then explain. Changing our teaching habits.

"There's talk aplenty in schools these days about formative assessment. That's encouraging, because formative assessment has great potential to improve both teaching and learning. Listening to the conversations sometimes, however, reminds me that it's easier to subscribe to a word than to live out its fundamental tenets." this is the long version of the article that Mike contributed recently. Both are articles are informative...

A new take on the Scientific Theory - " So whether you're researching, observing, experimenting, or just exploring, the Cycle still works and provides a good framework for scientific skills, while also teaching students that scientists approach questions in different ways."

Who would dispute the idea that feedback is a good thing? Both common sense and research make it clear: Formative assessment, consisting of lots of feedback and opportunities to use that feedback, enhances performance and achievement. Yet even John Hattie (2008), whose decades of research revealed that feedback was among the most powerful influences on achievement, acknowledges that he has "struggled to understand the concept" (p. 173). And many writings on the subject don't even attempt to define the term. To improve formative assessment practices among both teachers and assessment designers, we need to look more closely at just what feedback is-and isn't.

Information about the Flipped Classroom and one bloggers thoughts on best practise.

What students take away from a successful education usually centers on a personal connection with a teacher who instilled passion and inspiration for their subject. It's difficult to measure success, and in the world of academia, educators are continually re-evaluating how to quantify learning. But the first and most important question to ask is: Are teachers reaching their students? Here are 25 things successful educators do differently.

Google Resource List (from Justin Medved)

Forty plus Math and Physics lesson Ideas

A proactive list of things that will help diminish teacher burnout.

Some great video resources for all sorts of purposes in a Science Class - hooks, lessons, exploration...