In the earliest part of my career, I wrote full procedural lesson plans that spelled out to the letter the questions I would ask AND the answers I considered correct. When the students didn’t provide ...

Corrected: A previous version of this story included a misspelling of Jeffrey Greene’s name. There are no stupid questions. But when it comes to the common core, teachers are finding that their ...

Can critical thinking be taught in primary schools? Is it possible to get children at early stages of their education to exercise their critical faculties? In this piece, I answer in the affirmative.

Last week, management expert Don Andersson explained to us the difference between hearing and listening. Sure you hear what your employees are saying, but are you listening to them? There’s a big ...

(From the Reporter's Notebook ☞) To create and solve quiz questions with your child, you must first observe and understand their interests and what they enjoy. It's obvious that a child who loves ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Besides listening, asking questions is one of the more ...