Standard 2: Professional Knowledge

In addition to rapid physical growth, young children also exhibit significant development of their cognitive abilities. Piaget thought that children’s […]

INFANCY THROUGH CHILDHOOD The average newborn weighs approximately 7.5 pounds. Although small, a newborn is not completely helpless because his

Zeichner (1992) has summarized the extensive literature that describes successful teaching approaches for diverse populations. From his review, he distilled

Brainstorming is an excellent teaching strategy to generate ideas on a given topic. Brainstorming helps promote thinking skills. When students are asked

Brainstorming is an essential part of critical thinking and a tool that people use to invent an idea, find a

The Visual (Spatial) Learning Style If you use the visual style, you prefer using images, pictures, colors, and maps to

Overview of Learning Styles Many people recognize that each person prefers different learning styles and techniques. Learning styles group common

Just as everyone has a unique fingerprint, every student has an individual learning style. Chances are, not all of your

What is Bloom’s Taxonomy Bloom’s Taxonomy is a classification of the different objectives and skills that educators set for their students

Abstract thinking is about deep processes of the mind that look at several possible solutions to any given problem. Abstract