know your terms | Cult of Pedagogy

Buzzword Bling: Putting Substance Behind Our Big Words

17Jul2016

by Typhani Harris, Ph.D.

A look at three current buzzwords in education and how they are used, how they are abused, and how they can be applied in real classrooms.

Know Your Terms: Memory Palace

12Aug2015

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Mnemonics help us remember things: Roy G. Biv, Every Good Boy Does Fine. But there’s one you may not have heard of, and it might be the coolest one of all.

Know Your Terms: Constructivism

13Mar2015

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Constructivism provides students with rich experiences and encourages them to reach their own conclusions.

Know Your Terms: Anticipatory Set

6Sep2014

by Jennifer Gonzalez

With a well-crafted, well-executed anticipatory set, instruction becomes an art.

Know Your Terms: Code Switching

19Jun2014

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Correcting nonstandard dialects doesn’t really help students learn to speak or write in formal English. So should teachers just let kids talk (and write) how they want?

Know Your Terms: Holistic, Analytic, and Single-Point Rubrics

1May2014

by Jennifer Gonzalez

Whether you’re new to rubrics, or you’ve used them for years without knowing their formal names, it may be time for a primer on rubric terminology.

Know Your Terms: Nonlinguistic Representation

12Mar2014

by Jennifer Gonzalez

If you’ve ever heard a guy stop in the middle of an explanation and say, “Hold on, let me draw you a picture,” that dude is fixing to serve you a heaping plate of nonlinguistic representation.