Lesson Design

Here’s how one teacher uses inductive thinking to help students respond to literature.

Here’s how you can move from merely “summarizing a text” to a high-level task that culminates in synthesis.

With inductive thinking, students will work from parts to whole, discovering big ideas along the way!

Giving a definition just doesn’t cut it! Use the Frayer Model to explain (and assess!) vocabulary.

How to memorize the countries in Africa, the Japanese writing system, or a deck of cards.

Just because a task is “creative” doesn’t mean students are at the top of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

What separates our on-level writers from our advanced writers?

This math puzzle wasn’t so puzzling. What went wrong?

Analyze is like a gateway that connects the lower- and higher-levels of Bloom’s. But make sure you’re truly asking an Analyze-level question!

Ask students to go beyond “I don’t like it” and form critical opinions based on a set of criteria. Students can produce written arguments or turn their opinion into oral presentations.