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This post was written by Allison Zmuda, Marie Alcock and Mike Fisher. It first appeared on the Solution Tree Blog. In a previous blog post on why games work, we shared our three learner-engagement tenets from our book, The Quest for Learning. Read More …
In my ASCD book Ditch The Daily Lesson Plan, I advocate for different ways of planning that go deeper than a regular daily lesson plan and help to alleviate the amount of time teachers spend on curriculum design. One of Read More …
This post was written with inspiration from the fabulous staff at Aveson Charter School in Altadena, CA Driving questions guide research, action, and creation. Inspired by Essential Questions (see post from Jay McTighe), these are student-generated and are intended to Read More …
The key to teaching for understanding is to foster ongoing inquiry into important “big ideas.” A natural way to actively engage students in such inquiry is to use a few Essential Questions (EQs) to frame a curriculum unit. The explicit Read More …
When adopting a more personalized approach to learning I encourage colleagues to use the Types of Student Inquiry as a guide to support our learners through the transition from the traditional classroom models they have experienced to one where they Read More …
By Krista Moroder Connect, collaborate, create. We hear these words over and over, and we are constantly telling educators that these are the skills their students need to succeed in their futures. However, how often do we, as teacher-trainers, provide Read More …
Grant Wiggins has been trumpeting the power of Essential Questions for decades — that are designed to cause genuine and relevant inquiry, provoke deep thought and lively discussion, consider alternatives and weigh evidence, and support ideas and justify responses. This Read More …