Celebrate the Earth on Earth Day, April 22, or all year long, with our free printable Earth Day poster bundle. Each of the five posters includes a quote from a famous activist with a message that students can use for...
What is social learning? Social learning theory is a behavioral theory that posits that new behaviors can be learned by observing and imitating others. It is underpinned by the idea that meaning-making (i.e., learning) is a cognitive behavior and process...
by TeachThought Staff Understanding how the brain actually learns has been a a scientific challenge for millennia. Based on recent advances in neuroscience and its application to learning, there is an emerging model of how the brain learns and it...
A List Of Free MOOCs For Teachers & Students contributed by TeachThought Staff While the initial surge of enthusiasm for MOOCs in the early 2010s has tapered off, they remain a valuable and widely-used resource for lifelong learning, professional development,...
No matter how many years we’ve been teaching, one question we always ask ourselves is: “What are my students going to do on the last day of school?” These 10 free We Are Teachers end-of-year worksheets for the last day...
What would our lives look like without creativity? Without those strokes of genius—both big and small—we might be living without our favorite book or carpooling by horse and carriage. A single spark took us from the most rudimentary form of...
by TeachThought Staff Reading is simply a sequence of symbol interpretation. By understanding that letters make sounds, we can blend those sounds together to make whole sounds that symbolize meaning we can all exchange with one another. By mastering the...
by TeachThought Staff In the always-changing–recently even more so–landscape of education, the cultivation of creativity is a vital component of learning. Combinig existing ideas into new forms–into new ideas–is a part of creativity. More than just an artistic endeavor, creativity...
Dear We Are Teachers, I’m seven weeks pregnant with my first child and feel absolutely miserable. I can barely get up from my desk most of the day, have to pee every 30 minutes, and have thrown up into my...
When it comes to student assessment and evaluation, there are a lot of methods to consider. In some cases, testing is the best way to assess a student’s knowledge, and the answers are either right or wrong. But often, assessing...
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