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Question Everything
What if you questioned everything that you did in your classroom? Or in your school? What if you asked, “Why do I or do we do this?” regarding every…
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Do Your Students Ask Questions
In the book, A More Beautiful Question (highly recommended to all educators by the way) Author Warren Berger tells the story of Edwin Land and his Polaroid camera. …
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What Business Are You In?
I was listening to author of the book, A More Beautiful Question, Warren Berger this morning on my drive into work. He recommended that every organization ask themselves…
5 Ways to Focus on Process
We often get caught up in what a final product looks or feels like, but much of our learning and student learning takes place during the process. Try these…
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Questions for Today
A Challenge for Monday: Write down five questions you want to reflect upon today. Think carefully about the questions and be sure to write them down. Allow your students…
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Past Practice
Past practice is a labor term that usually comes up when negotiations or contracts are involved. The term describes any longstanding, frequent practice that is accepted by both management…
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MicroLearning: Effective Questioning
It is important to continue your professional learning utilizing any opportunity that you get. Sometimes, you only have a few short minutes to learn something new or to reflect…
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End of Year Checklist
It's about that time of year in many schools where we provide each teacher with an end of year checklist. Each teacher will check off items to show that…
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1 question. 1 answer.
In my first year of teaching for my first observation, my math supervisor came in to critique a lesson. I had students come up to the board to solve…
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The Questioning Challenge
Have you ever thought about the questions that you ask each day? In many cases, the questions might be coming on the fly. So, how do you know if…