Threading prior knowledge into new material makes for more durable learning. Here are 12 research-backed, teacher-tested strategies to help kids unpack what they already know.

Everyone has a different style of learning. Some people do well with reading the written word. Others learn better through audio. For some, sitting in a quiet library or home office space is key. For ...

All classrooms are different and require different teaching strategies to address various concerns, goals, and learning trends. Plus, it takes a dedicated teacher to employ the right teaching ...

The new question-of-the-week is: What are specific ways educators can make teaching science more culturally responsive? When we talk about making school culturally responsive, science is not usually ...

Neuroscientists have compiled extensive interdisciplinary findings from neuroscience, psychology, computer modelling and education on the topic of 'learning' in a recent review article. The results of ...

Numbers can be multiplied, subtracted and squared in a vacuum, alone in a room. Books, too, on almost any subject, can be processed independently. Emotions, on the other hand, are typically ...

If teaching were like following a recipe, it would be a much easier job. Unlike the reliable and straightforward process of baking a batch of chocolate chip cookies, practices that work in a morning ...

For example, identifying students' limited use of affective strategies could prompt teachers to incorporate activities focused on building confidence and managing learning-related stress.

Founders gathered at the French start-up incubator La Station F, an example of a community of practice. When Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in 1969, he carried a flag from the Explorers Club in ...