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  • Operant Conditioning in the Classroom

Skinner’s Theory of Operant Conditioning in the Classroom

August 12, 2026|

You have likely used, or seen, teachers transform and improve behaviors using a simple sticker chart as a rewards system. You might have also seen how a student’s behavior improves after you focus on providing consistent and specific praise. Positive and negative behaviors in your classroom don’t typically come out of nowhere, and much of what your students do is actually shaped by what happens before they do it and whether the behavior is followed by something like a reward, a consequence, or a specific action. One well-studied framework for understanding student behaviors comes from B.F. Skinner’s theory of operant conditioning, which describes how what comes after the behavior is what makes that behavior more or less likely to happen. In this article, you will learn about operant conditioning and why it can be beneficial to understand in your classroom.

  • Instructional Teaching Strategies

Instructional Strategies and Teaching Strategies in Your Classroom

July 31, 2026|

Instructional strategies are research-based methods that teachers use to deliver content to students and improve their instructional practice. But it also goes further than that, because by combining classroom management strategies, assessment strategies, and other brain-based and memory-based strategies to support students, they all work together to improve the classroom and increase learning. This article serves as a resource to understand how strong instructional and other teaching strategies translate to student success in your classroom. (Read more)

  • Behavioral Momentum

Using Behavioral Momentum to Improve Student Behaviors

July 1, 2026|

Think about this familiar scene. In a kindergarten classroom, it is time to clean up an art activity and move to the carpet for reading time. You give the instructions for cleaning up, and most of your class starts putting materials away. One student does not; instead, she stays at her table, continuing to color and play with her materials. When you ask her to put her materials away and join the group, she says no and turns away. You repeat the direction more firmly, then walk over to her and ask her to join the group. Many teachers in this situation might continue to restate the expectations and become frustrated if one student is not able to listen. Even when classroom norms and rules are well implemented, some children will not comply for various reasons. Instead of struggling with compliance, teachers can add another approach for those students who need additional help. Called behavioral momentum, a teacher instead asks students to do smaller, easier-to-complete tasks that lead up to the main, more challenging tasks. (Read more)

  • Brain Breaks Webinar

Webinar: Press Pause & Power Up

April 23, 2026|

Learn about the benefits of brain breaks and explore simple brain break strategies you can implement through your lessons. You will have the opportunity to plan to implement brain breaks, leave the course with ideas and strategies to immediately add these ideas to your next lesson.

  • Differentiation Tech Tools Blog

Tech Tools to Support Differentiation in Your Classroom

April 7, 2026|

Differentiation is a general term for an instructional approach in which teachers tailor curriculum, teaching methods, and assessments to meet the diverse needs of students in their classrooms. Between tracking student data, creating varied materials, and managing multiple groups, you may feel like differentiation in your classroom can be overwhelming! The good news is that technology can be your ally. The right edtech tools can streamline many differentiation tasks, from grouping students based on learning profiles to generating leveled content to creating varied assessments. These tools don’t replace your expertise as a teacher, but they do enhance it by handling the time-consuming logistics so you can focus on what matters most: teaching. In this article, we’ll explore five tech tools that support different aspects of differentiation. Whether you need help grouping students, creating accessible content, varying your instructional processes, designing diverse assessments, or supporting students with IEPs, there’s a tool here that can make your life easier.

  • Holiday Joy in the Classroom

Simple Ways You Can Bring Joy to the Classroom This Holiday Season!

November 19, 2025|

As your semester approaches the holidays, you may find yourself balancing academic demands with the desire to create a warm and joyful classroom environment. As December approaches, it can be a magical, if not also a chaotic time, so here are some simple and meaningful ways to bring the cheer of the holiday to your students, and to yourself and your family!

  • Phones Down

Phones Down, Focus Up

September 11, 2025|

Unlike many adults, our students have never known a life without cell phones. This new reality can mean not only that students are becoming largely dependent on phones, but it may also be difficult to keep students off devices during classroom instruction. This brief article will summarize some justifications for reducing or eliminating phone usage on campuses, affirming the rationale lawmakers across the country are using when passing cell phone ban legislation on campuses.

  • Multi-Tiered Systems of Support MTTS Blog

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)

May 19, 2025|

MTSS is an acronym for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support. MTSS is a tiered framework that utilizes various student data to provide academic, social-emotional, and behavioral support to improve student educational outcomes in the school setting. The term “systems” is important in MTSS. MTSS requires the use of the entire school system, with multiple support methods, to come together in preventative interventions for students identified in need.

  • Outdoor Education

Types of Outdoor Education You Can Plan For Your Classroom

December 4, 2024|

Outdoor education can be broadly described as any kind of learning that occurs either in nature or in the outdoors. While outdoor education, or outdoor learning, is classified in many different ways, in this article you will learn about five common ways in which outdoor learning might be implemented.

  • Student Discourse

Putting Student Discourse to Work in the Classroom

September 18, 2024|

Putting Student Discourse to Work in the Classroom by Model Teaching | September 18, 2024. What is Student Discourse, and How Does it Benefit Students? The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines discourse as “a verbal interchange of ideas.” But put into an academic setting, student discourse is the interchange of ideas between students that is focused on academic content. It is students talking to each other in a structured manner, using academic language. Importantly, discourse is an exercise in enhancing critical thinking and reasoning and should be focused on discussions that encourage a deeper look at concepts, as opposed to [...]

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