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Activating Prior Knowledge
[Learning Technologies Centre; October 2007]
Activating prior knowledge helps bridge what a child already knows with what he or she is about to learn. This wiki highlights the importance of activating prior knowledge and offers strategies for engaging in this practice in the classroom.
Project Based Learning
[Buck Institute for Education,2007]
Designing projects that draw upon student interests and incorporate standards-based instruction can make classroom material come alive for students. This site will help you to begin crafting a long-term project to engage your students around the teaching principle "involve me and I learn".
Differentiated Instruction
Carol Ann Tomlinson explains how differentiated instruction works and why we need it in every classroom.
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