28 Ways to Quickly Check for Understanding

From sketching comics to drafting tweets, these fun—and fast—ways to check for understanding are creative and flexible.

Teachers and administrators can use positive messages to strengthen the link between families and the school.

Share the pivotal advice that shaped your teaching and learn from others in our community.

Teachers can prioritize student voice and set up challenging tasks to encourage the hum of active learning.

School leaders need to have tough skin, but feedback can still be hard to take. Here’s how to gain perspective and learn from it.

These tools help kids practice techniques that foster communication, understanding, and social success in the classroom.

To make word problems less confusing, especially for English language learners, change the language, not the math. Here are some ideas.

Some students develop anxiety about assignments, but there are ways teachers can help them cope with these feelings.

Making games a regular part of class can get even the coolest high school students engaged in the content—and help them recall key concepts and vocabulary.

Young students are more likely to remember school routines around things such as lining up if guided play is involved.