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I had an experience when I was a new teacher that shaped much of what I believe about how educators should use their time and the most effective way to reach students.
It was my very first exposure to understanding and questioning school norms, and made me realize that so much of what we assume about the ways school "should be done" is based on a very specific constru...
You've probably heard the phrase "activate prior knowledge" a million times. It shows up in every lesson plan template, every observation rubric, every methods textbook. And teachers are good at it. But the behavioral science on how priming actually works in the brain goes way deeper than asking kids what they remember from yesterday, and once you understand it, you start see...