“Bloom’s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain,” known more commonly as “Bloom’s Taxonomy,” identifies levels of learning from basic knowledge to higher-order thought that if used correctly can greatly empower student academic performance. Bloom’s original goal for the taxonomy was to guide curricular and assessment development with specific cognitive goals. Most teachers are familiar with it, … Continue reading How Parents and Teachers can use Bloom’s Taxonomy to engage student learning & curiosity→
Procrastination is a disconnect between the NOW and the LATER. Overcoming the urge to procrastinate requires reconnecting with our own future. “Time Travel” can help bridge the NOW and the LATER. In Time Travel part 1: Ben Franklin & Managing the Now old Ben gave us some great advice on the consequences of delay. Ben … Continue reading Time Travel pt 2: Navigating the Now & the Later→
You may delay, but time will not. – Ben Franklin By “time management” we usually mean prioritizing, using time effectively, getting things done instead of putting them off. Except that we all “manage” time — it’s a matter of how well. If done properly, the rewards are large — and costly if not. Ben Franklin put … Continue reading Time management is Time Travel, pt 1: Ben Franklin & Managing the Now→
Teachers, does your Confirmation Bias shut down student learning? Having scolded teachers who politicize their classrooms in my post, “Teach Don’t Preach: politicizing the classroom is not just wrong, it’s bad teaching,” it begs the question of what to do with teachers who don’t know that they’re preaching not teaching and not just with politics. … Continue reading Teach don’t preach pt 2: Confirmation Bias & the unintented teacher preacher→
Is it the role of a teacher to impart information or to empower students with the skills needed to find information on their own? When a teacher professes a political position in a classroom, student learning suffers a short-circuit. Teachers have strong rights of expression, although courts will uphold teacher dismissal for indoctrination (see this pdf from … Continue reading Teach don’t preach: politicizing the classroom is not just wrong, it’s bad teaching→
Perhaps you have seen the Facebook post by an angry mother who is upset about her daughter’s Common Core-based math problem. There’s a larger lesson here, but it’s not about the Common Core. Click here for the Facebook post by Larisa Yaghoobov Settembro The problem asked was, Carole read 28 pages of a book on Monday … Continue reading Common Core Crazy? Making sense of the viral common core math rounding problem→
Is math just for math people? Are you just not wired for math? Well, you and your math-struggling student can celebrate Pi day, too! I was awful at math in high school. So bad, in fact, that I didn’t qualify to take math in college. Felt great at the time, but looking back on it, … Continue reading 3.14: A Pi day celebration from a math idiot→
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