Piaget Constructivism

What is project based learning? How can I implement it in my classroom? These are all questions I had just a few weeks ago that many of you may have too. I hope that I can better explain it to you and I highly encourage you to try it in your own classroom. It was such fun as a teacher to see my third graders work through the driving question I gave them. They had more problem solving skills than I realized! This is just a little taste of what it's like. Typically you give your students a...

Inquiry based learning is a great approach to teaching and learning that engages students and fosters critical thinking!

The Future of Learning: Project-based*, Place-based, Experiential, Authentic, Constructivism

The walls of a Kristen Hyde's exemplary second grade classroom reflect a learning classroom environment with student work on the walls. Kristen's lessons are collaboration and instruction. She writes their thinking on a large sheet of chart paper. When they've finished the lesson, that paper goes up on the wall so everyone can continue to use it. I randomly stopped by - nothing preplanned - and took pictures of her walls. You'll see evidence of higher level thinking, group collaboration...

“Teaching children which thinking strategies are used by proficient readers and helping them use those strategies independently creates the core of teaching reading.” What is reading co…

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Flipped learning unchains the teacher from being at the front of the classroom, and that allows amazing things to happen.

This infographic presents 27 different ways to guide and facilitate learning. It provides a process to help students "connect the dots". It includes strategies such as building upon concepts, providing reasoning tools, establishing context, scaffolding, demonstration, making connections and many more. Most of these strategies encourage heavy student engagement which reinforces the students’ participation in their own learning. This resource can be used for any grade and any content area.

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There are many project-based learning benefits. This post covers why project based learning is so powerful, and how to get started using it.

Credits: quote by Benjamin Franklin and Font by Kal Barteski

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