Teaching Research
Teaching
Opinion
Research Studies That Teachers Can Get Behind
Not every education study is transformational for student learning. These studies are.
69´«Ã½ & Literacy
Teachers Say Older Kids Need Help With Basic 69´«Ã½ Skills, Too
Secondary teachers want more support to help their students who struggle to understand the texts they use in class.
69´«Ã½ & Literacy
Teachers Are Still Teaching Older 69´«Ã½ Basic 69´«Ã½ Skills, Survey Finds
Who across the K-12 spectrum engages frequently in activities that promote foundational reading skills? The answer may come as a surprise.
Mathematics
Video
Make Math Instruction Better: 3 Tips on How From Researchers
Education Week's Sarah D. Sparks shares three insights on improving math instruction from this year's AERA conference.
Teaching
Opinion
So Much Research, So Little Time for Teachers to Put It Into Practice
Education research is voluminous, but teachers often aren't shown how to adapt the findings into their practice.
69´«Ã½ & Literacy
How Much Time Should Teachers Spend on a Foundational 69´«Ã½ Skill? Research Offers Clues
69´«Ã½ benefited from being taught phonemic awareness—recognizing and manipulating the sounds in English—but only up to a point.
School & District Management
What the Research Says
10 Education Studies You Should Know From 2023
These studies yielded new insights on social media, ChatGPT, and math, among other topics.
Mathematics
Why Does Fact Fluency Matter in Math? 4 Educators Offer Answers
Teachers and district leaders talk about why math fact fluency is required and how they provide support for students who struggle.
69´«Ã½ & Literacy
Morphology Instruction: 5 Resources for Educators
Morphology instruction can help students break down complex words into meaningful parts—and make parsing them less intimidating.
69´«Ã½ & Literacy
What Is Morphology? Should Teachers Include It in 69´«Ã½ Instruction?
Teaching about word parts—such as prefixes, suffixes, and roots—may help students develop their academic vocabularies.
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Teacher Preparation
Most Licensure Tests Are Weak Measures of Teachers' 'Science of 69´«Ã½' Knowledge
Fewer than half of states use a strong test, according to a new analysis from the National Council on Teacher Quality.
Teaching
Opinion
I Used to Think I Was a Fair Grader. Now, I Look Back and Cringe
Now a researcher studying grading practices, this former teacher reflects on what she wishes she had known about equable grading.
69´«Ã½ & Literacy
New Tool to Evaluate 69´«Ã½ Programs for 'Knowledge-Building'
The guidelines can help measure whether curricula help build kids' content knowledge using text sets, discussion, and embedded writing.