Educational Links 1/31/20

10 Tips For Creating More Effective Multiple-Choice Questions

https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/41981/

A Strategy for Overcoming Equity Issues in Gifted Programs

https://www.edutopia.org/article/strategy-overcoming-equity-issues-gifted-programs

Impactful Storytelling in the Classroom

https://www.teachhub.com/impactful-storytelling-classroom

50 Tips and Tricks to Facilitating a More Inclusive Classroom

https://www.weareteachers.com/tips-tricks-inclusive-classroom/

How Data and Automation Are Personalizing This School’s Reading Program

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-01-27-how-data-and-automation-are-personalizing-this-school-s-reading-program

How Strengthening Relationships with Boys Can Help Them Learn

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/54878/how-strengthening-relationships-with-boys-can-help-them-learn

Ultimately, what boys really need to thrive is a strong connection to at least one stable, loving adult, says Reichert. “Here’s what we are trying to accomplish: every boy known and loved, every boy having the sense that someone has ‘got him’—that someone who knows who he his and what he’s facing and really cares.”  They need a relational anchor, and parents, teachers and coaches can all be “that someone” in the life of a boy.