“In my previous blog post, I described how my students’ interpretation of the word increase hindered their understanding of periodic trends. Students interpreted the word increase in the same way they often use it in their everyday experiences: 1) The number of students in the class increased this year. 2) The amount of money in […]
Every week I send out articles I encounter from around the web. Subject matter ranges from hard knowledge about teaching to research about creativity and cognitive science to stories from other industries that, by analogy, inform what we do as educators. This breadth helps us see our work in new ways.
Readers include teachers, school leaders, university overseers, conference organizers, think tank workers, startup founders, nonprofit leaders, and people who are simply interested in what’s happening in education. They say it helps them keep tabs on what matters most in the conversation surrounding schools, teaching, learning, and more.
– Peter Nilsson