Why 'Good Effort' isn't Good Enough
By Tricia Taylor General or verbose praise about effort has little meaning, and kids can see right through it. Telling a class that...
Temperature Check: A Simple Wellbeing Check for Real or Remote Classroom
Temperature Check: A Simple Wellbeing Check for Real or Remote Classroom
Classroom Connection Check-In: Making Sure All Children Are Seen
Maintaining positive relationships is more important now than ever. A few years ago while conducting a focus group, I started by asking...
Putting Dual Coding in the Hands of Students
When we pair pictures with words, we create a powerful duo for learning. Below, I’ll take you through a step-by-step strategy for students.
THE BIG REVEAL: Showing Students How Metacognition Works
By Tricia Taylor THE EXPERT IN YOU When I talk to adults about metacognition, I begin with a broken vacuum cleaner (a picture of it, that...
The Collective Power of Relationships, Memory and Mindset—and 9 practical Ideas for Leaders
With so much research available and educationalists abound, figuring out which pedagogical approach to follow is a bit like picking the...
Get Names Right—Right from the Start. It's Worth it
When I first started teaching 20 years, I would clumsily call the register, apologising for mispronunciations and promising I’d get it...
Managing Multitasking: What teachers and students need to know—and do
This is Part 3 of a series called, Learn, Teach, Model: Learn about memory . . . because it makes you a better teacher Teach students...
Retrieval practice: How to get students using it
By Tricia Taylor This is Part 2 of a series called, Learn, Teach, Model. Part 1 introduces the series, the main challenges teachers face...
How to get students to use the Learning Strategies that we're so excited about
Last Summer, I visited a friend whose son was about to take his exams. We found ourselves in one of those familiar conversations you get...
