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All AboutBetter Teaching

Helping you to hone your craft, improving the art and science of teaching.

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The Curse Of Knowledge

The Curse of Knowledge: once you know something, it's hard to think from the perspective of someone who doesn't know it. And the more you know, the harder it gets.

Are Students Thinking or Merely Remembering?

The more I started looking, the more I realized that most of my questions asked students to remember, not actually think.

Four Types of Questions You Can Ask

Asking questions is such a basic tool of teaching, yet how many of us have ever been taught to ask good questions? In this opening to a series about questioning, we'll explore how to get students asking each other questions.

Other Better Teaching Articles

Not Everyone Needs To Do Everything

If you want to differentiate, you have to be ok that not every student will do every single task.

Plan Around Thinking, Not Just Content

Teachers who are most successful at differentiation plan for thinking, not merely for content.

How Do We Make On-Level Writers Into Advanced Writers?

I knew how to help my below-level writers become on-level. But how the heck do you make the next step?

Ask Sequences, Never One-Off Questions

Beware one-off questions. Any question that we prepare should have a natural follow-up question. And those follow-ups should push students up Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Using Art to Practice Reading

When you’re teaching a reading skill, can you replace some of those dull sample texts with glorious artwork?

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