Three Ways You May Be Cognitively Overloading Your Students 16Feb2025 by Jennifer Gonzalez When we make certain choices, often without even realizing it, we can turn a teaching moment from one that should be clear into one that’s confusing.
Avoiding the Pitfalls of Multitasking in School 24Nov2024 by Jennifer Gonzalez Multitasking sneaks into our classrooms and interferes with learning, and it happens in ways you may not even notice.
How Metacognition Can Optimize Learning 18Aug2024 by Jennifer Gonzalez Metacognition plays a big role in how well we retain information. With a better understanding of how it works, we can leverage it to improve our learning.
Why Students Give You the Blank Stare, and What to Do About It 3Mar2024 by Blake Harvard You teach your heart out. Really just knock it out of the park. Then you ask a question students should know the answer to … and nothing. What’s going on?
Untangling the Debate Over Reading Instruction 20Aug2023 by Jennifer Gonzalez When it comes to teaching kids how to read, what is the big debate about? And what does research say we should be doing?
What Is the Secret Sauce for Deeper Learning? 2Apr2023 by Jennifer Gonzalez Want to add more depth to the learning in your classroom? Start here.
How to Leverage Multisensory Learning in Your Classroom 18Sep2022 by Jamie Chaves Applying these basic principles of sensory processing to our teaching will help us remove unnecessary barriers and boost students’ learning.
8 Principles for Supporting Students with ADHD 20Apr2022 by Jennifer Gonzalez There is so much to learn about ADHD. These broad guidelines from a leading expert are a good place to start.
Contrasting Cases: A Simple Strategy for Deep Understanding 20Mar2022 by Sarah Levine This flexible tool helps students go beyond surface traits and consider deeper connecting principles.
