Teachers can use these questions to draw students out and get worthwhile formative assessment responses to guide instruction.

“To teach well, you should pay careful attention to what an assignment will make students think about,” Willingham advises, ...

When students are introduced to most new topics, schools can slowly scaffold learning. But that’s not been the case with ...

IN GREGORY DHARMAN’S eighth grade math class at South Lake Middle School in Irvine, the exit ticket his students turn in every month doesn’t go to the California middle schools are emerging as a ...