5 Ways to Help Students Focus on Learning Rather Than Grades

 

Week of July 7, 2021 Your newsletter is personalized. We found 5 stories that match your interests this week.

5 Ways to Help Students Focus on Learning Rather Than Grades When teachers give retakes and shift the way they talk about grades, students concentrate on the skills they’re gaining—not their scores. 9-12 High School

Using Cognitive Science to Boost Learning Especially now, after a difficult year, strategies rooted in the science of learning can help middle and high school students more effectively retain what they’re learning. 9-12 High School

How Project-Based Learning Can Teach Empathy When PBL is personal to students, it can provide more than just content knowledge—it can also foster important connections. 9-12 High School

Combining Social Studies and STEM in a Project-Based Learning Unit High school students can apply lessons from science, technology, engineering, and math classes to a local issue they’re interested in. 9-12 High School

A Strategy for Teaching Students to Write Political Arguments Modeling how to disagree on political issues of interest to middle and high school students boosts their critical thinking and literacy skills. 9-12 High School

FROM THE ARCHIVE This is a popular article from March of 2020. 7 Ways to Maintain Relationships During Your School Closure Suddenly, you’re not in the same physical space as your students. We asked teachers to share strategies for maintaining relationships—both peer-to-peer and student-teacher—when everything’s gone remote.

Getting Students on the Road to Self-Advocacy With some simple supports, students in grades 3 to 8 can take the wheel and assume some responsibility for their learning journey.

Easy-to-Use Supports for Students in Google Workspace Built-in tools can help students stay focused on their assignments and free teachers up to focus on individualized feedback.

6 Tips for Setting Up Virtual Professional Learning Sessions Virtual gatherings for professional learning are convenient and likely to continue, but they should be designed differently than in-person gatherings.

2 Ways to Encourage Reflection on Math Concepts Open-ended questions guide students to participate and to think mathematically, which cements their learning.

Building Momentum With Long-Term English Learners These students may appear to be bilingual but still have gaps in comprehension, and there are ways to keep them moving forward.

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