Teaching writing directly is teaching complex thinking
In a response to Peg Tyre’s article, “The Writing Revolution,” in this month’s Atlantic (more here), Jody Peltason makes a good point a...
Category: teaching
Yet another debate: How to teach writing
This year, I’m focusing mostly on reading, but I’ve long been interested in writing and how best to teach it. That’s why I enjoyed reading &#...
Quick tweet: Kelly Gallagher believes in think-alouds
See? Of all the strategies I learned in the NWP, #1 in effectiveness is the teacher writing and thinking aloud in front of students. #engchat — Kelly Gal...
Teaching and assessing character: Part 4
Is “teaching character” just code for “teaching conservatism?” That’s the argument advanced by detractors of Paul Tough and Angel...
Teaching and assessing character: Part 3
There has been a lot of talk lately (this radio show, this book) about how teaching character skills can promote long-term academic achievement and life succes...