by Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog
Sun 19 2011 The advance of knowledge has been achieved not because the mind is capable of memorizing what teachers say but because it can be disciplined to ask probing questions and pursue them in a reasonable, self-critical way. Scholars pursuing knowledge submit...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog
Tue 12 2011 One may hear a thousand words or read a thousand volumes, and, at the end of the process, be very much where [he or she] was as regards knowledge. Something more than merely admitting it into the mind is necessary, if it is to remain there. It must not...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog
Tue 3 2012 [Differentiation] is a way of thinking about the classroom with the dual goals of honoring each student’s learning needs and maximizing each student’s learning capacity. —Carol Ann Tomlinson, Caroline Cunningham Eidson (1) As classroom teachers we know that...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog
Sun 8 2011 As you enter a classroom ask yourself this question: “If there were no students in the room, could I do what I am planning to do?” If your answer to the question is yes, don’t do it. ( —General Ruben Cubero [1]) This quote says a lot about...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog
Tue 31 2011 [The readers] fundamental purpose is to understand the text, to grasp what is being said from the point of view of the person writing. —Richard Paul In recent blogs I have written about teaching strategies for involving students in inquiry and using...
by Admin | Jun 23, 2020 | Blog
I emphasize student writing in my teaching. Writing, after all, is simply putting thoughts on paper and so, in a very real sense, writing is thinking. If my students learn to write clearly, concisely, accurately, and completely they are disciplining their historical...
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