Tags
ADHD adolescence attention autism book review boundary conditions classroom advice conference speakers constructivism/direct instruction creativity desirable difficulty development dual coding elementary school embodied cognition emotion evolution executive function exercise experts and novices gender high school homework intelligence long-term memory math methodology middle school mindfulness Mindset motivation neuromyths neuroscience online learning parents psychology reading retrieval practice self-control skepticism sleep STEM stress technology working memoryRecent Comments
- Incremental Steps with Growth Mindset |Education & Teacher Conferences on Growing Mindsets in Argentina?
- Comic Sans Font: The Most Popular Casual Typeface on Don’t Hate on Comic Sans; It Helps Dyslexic Readers (Asterisk)
- Grit Theory for Personal Development: Succeed with Tenacity on Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
- What is cognitive break? – Focuskeeper Glossary on Can Quiet Cognitive Breaks Help You Learn?
- Schools shift toward a new approach to homework – Spartan Shield on “Students Simply Cannot Improve”: Handwritten Notes vs. Laptop Notes
ABOUT THE BLOG
Tag Archives: jigsaw
The Jigsaw Advantage: Should Students Puzzle It Out? [Repost]
This post got a LOT of attention when our blogger first wrote it back in…
Getting Bossy about Jigsaws; “Don’t Fence Us In”
Back in February, I wrote about the “Jigsaw method” of teaching. In this strategy, teachers…
The Jigsaw Advantage: Should Students Puzzle It Out?
The “jigsaw” method sounds really appealing, doesn’t it? Imagine that I’m teaching a complex topic: say,…