Interest refers to student’s affinity, curiosity, or passion for a particular topic or skill..

Differentiated Instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences. Rather than m….

Differentiation is classroom practice that looks eyeball to eyeball with the reality that kids differ, and the most effective teachers do whatever it….

In my experience, professionals who are best in any field approach their work with humility. They know that their work is more than just a job. It's ….

It is not so important to have all the answers as to be hungry for them..

[Students] are also accustomed to having quick access to information. The idea of "storing" data in their heads can seem pointless. I find that they ….

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students..

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality..

Assessment is today's means of modifying tomorrow's instruction..

Prospective teachers may read about the science of education, but they'll only grasp the art in their early years by seeing it practiced and having i….

We have students at the university say on a regular basis, "You're asking us to think and no one has ever done that in school.".

In differentiated classrooms, teachers begin where students are, not the front of a curriculum guide..

Accepting both the opportunity and the responsibility evokes a great deal of humility..

We need teacher educators who are hungry to learn about and implement contemporary approaches to teaching and learning in their own classrooms and wh….

Until a teacher learns to use elements like time, space, materials, groupings, and so forth flexibly, it's incredibly difficult to teach students as ….

Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too..

When challenge and skills are in balance the activity is its own reward.

Teachers craft classrooms that are good matches for their teaching styles as well as for learner needs..

The high stakes test culture runs almost totally counter to what we know about how people learn. It causes us to engage in professional malpractice o….

[Students] are exposed to many things the majority of their teachers didn't encounter until much later in their growing up years..

Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they're going to cover this week or this term. Few of us can specif….