Instructional Models: A Guide to Choosing the Right One
By Kate Wolfe Maxlow You probably have a favorite instructional model, even if you don’t realize it. Instructional models are overarching approaches to teaching that involve a series of steps in a particular order, designed to help students think and apply their knowledge in specific ways. The steps in each model, and the order in […]
PBL Problem-Solver: Enhancing Student Responsibility (With FREE Resources!)
Project-Based Learning (PBL) is an educational approach where students actively explore real-world challenges and create meaningful solutions. This hands-on methodology not only engages students in deeper learning but also equips them with essential workplace readiness skills, such as collaboration, time management, and problem-solving. By integrating PBL into the classroom, educators help students develop the accountability […]
Signature Pedagogy Series, Part 7: Essential Pedagogies of Reading to Learn (ELA for Established Readers)
The following article is a part of our Signature Pedagogies in the K-12 Classroom series. “Signature pedagogies,” as defined by Schulman in 2005, are “the types of teaching that organize the fundamental ways in which future practitioners are educated for their new professions” and they include three critical aspects: how to think, perform, and act […]
Signature Pedagogy Series, Part 5: Essential Pedagogies in Social Studies
The following article is a part of our Signature Pedagogies in the K-12 Classroom series. “Signature pedagogies,” as defined by Schulman in 2005, are “the types of teaching that organize the fundamental ways in which future practitioners are educated for their new professions” and they include three critical aspects: how to think, perform, and act […]