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Project-learning teaching strategies can also improve your everyday classroom experience.

Guided by research, educators at Cochrane Collegiate have homed in on ten top teaching methods, and teachers receive weekly PD to help them implement the practices

Nice videos on different instruction topics: Scaffolding, Formative Assessment, Engagement, Effective Instruction, Metacognition

26 Keys to Student Engagement, a strategy for each letter of the alphabet

"Instructional expert Jim Knight visits Michael Covarrubias to observe a lesson on context clues, discuss the classroom management techniques he is using already, and share some ideas to increase student engagement. Michael and Jim discuss emphasizing effort, getting students attention before asking questions, using response cards, and planning back-up activities."

When students let their minds drift off, they're losing valuable learning time. Here are ten smart ways to increase classroom participation.