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Shift the Thinking Load to Students
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Learning Professional, 2020
This article presents a reflection tool--created by The New Teacher Project (TNTP) and Learning Forward--for shifting the cognitive load to students from teachers so that students are actively engaged, use critical thinking, and demonstrate understanding. Coaches, teacher leaders, and other professional learning leaders can use this tool in…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Problem Solving, Teaching Methods, Learner Engagement
From Routine to Rich: Developing an Algebraic Reasoning Task for a Middle/Upper Primary Class?
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Bridge, Courtney; Day, Lorraine; Hurrell, Derek – Australian Primary Mathematics Classroom, 2012
As part of one of the undergraduate Bachelor of Education units offered as a specialisation unit in primary mathematics education at The University of Notre Dame Australia, the pre-service teachers were asked to complete an assignment. In this assignment they were given 12 typical algebra text book problems which they were asked to solve and then…
Descriptors: Algebra, Foreign Countries, Reflection, Best Practices
Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives: Comprehending, Analyzing, and Discussing Text
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Fisher, Douglas; Frey, Nancy; Lapp, Diane – Solution Tree, 2011
Empower students to take ownership of their reading and learning with "Teaching Students to Read Like Detectives." In this comprehensive guide, the authors explore the relationship between text, learner, and learning through discussion and rhetorical writing at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Prompt students to become the…
Descriptors: Educational Strategies, Reading Instruction, Web 2.0 Technologies, Reading Strategies