Classroom strategies for using literature to help students with daily struggles It didn’t take long to realize Marissa was not going to be focused on the day’s lesson. Shortly after arriving in class, she took her seat, placed her head in her hands, and started crying. She shared that her best friend had betrayed her.
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Ideas for helping readers visualize text to promote comprehension at deeper levels Much of the writing we assign our students is public writing: writing to communicate with others. Writing-to-learn is personal writing, writing that helps students increase comprehension of texts—fiction and nonfiction—in all disciplines. Reader response compels readers to interact with the text and makes
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Seven ways educators can help students look beyond grades “There’s no way I’m taking honors biology next year,” Katie told me. “It’s going to wreck my GPA.” She was in eighth grade and contemplating the high school course options. I knew Katie collected insects for fun and had memorized every bone in the human body.
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Understanding the limitations of education research and accepting responsibility for contributing to moving it forward Most studies in education are observational studies. This means that investigators pore over data previously collected by others. They seek correlations between different variables. This approach is far less expensive than other methodologies because it is easier and faster. With
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Middle school students are going through a difficult stage of life. Here are three things educators should keep in mind. I hated middle school. It seemed like a cruel joke almost 20 years ago that the only job I could find was teaching remedial English to sixth, seventh, and eighth graders. When I tell my
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Connecting students with what they’re reading by pairing texts with real world experiences Once we’ve learned to read, reading becomes a tool that helps us learn. Creating a learning experience that incorporates reading deeply, however, can be a challenge for today’s teachers. How can we make reading relevant for today’s students? How do we convince
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