Trendy approaches to teaching come and go, but some of them stick around. Inquiry-based learning, for example, is no longer a trend--it’s the dominant mode of instruction for many educators around the ...

When we make class time about exploration, it’s important that we not only design worthy assessments, but we also track what we learn while the students are going through the process. This data will ...

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials ...

Inquiry-Based Learning (IBL) is an educational approach that puts students at the center of the learning process that aims to engage and play an active role in their own learning. Since this is ...

In just a few short years, technology has changed education in Anderson County. Out are the traditional lectures, memorization and learning by rote. In are Chromebooks, digital textbooks and ...

Schools on the cutting edge of crafting student learning today know a lot more about how kids learn best thanks to years of brain research. And that ultimately means putting the power in students’ ...

This qualitative case study looks closely at an elementary teacher who participated in professional development experiences that helped her develop a hybrid practice of using inquiry-based science to ...

So far, the challenges of transforming education into a system capable of inspiring students to become skillful, creative, knowledgeable problem-solvers fall into familiar territory: What types of ...

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