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From partisans of Inquiry-Based Learning™, I can take ideas for inviting student knowledge. I can take activity designs that draw out of students what they already know, activity designs that activate inert knowledge and yield mental resources a teacher can use in their direct instruction. From proponents of Direct Instruction™, I an take ideas for … Continue reading "📑 How to Not Waste Your Only Life Debating Direct Instruction and Inquiry-Based Learning" The post 📑 How to Not Waste Your

Thank for sharing your process for reading as a part of a book club Chris. Your first step of flicking through some reviews and the contents reminded me of a piece from The Marginalian about Bill Cosby’s strategies for reading faster, in which he talks about previewing first: Previewing is especially useful for getting a … Continue reading "💬 My Reading Practices for Book Club Selections" The post 💬 My Reading Practices for Book Club Selections first appeared on Read Write Collect.

Bill Cosby may be best-known as the beloved personality behind his eponymous TV show, but he earned his doctorate in education and has been involved in several projects teaching the essential techniques of effective reading, including a PBS series on reading skills. In an essay unambiguously titled “How to Read Faster,” published in the same wonderful 1985 anthology How … Continue reading "📑 How to Read Faster: Bill Cosby’s Three Proven Strategies" The post 📑 How to Read Faster: Bill Cosby’s