After having earlier published my personal choices for the best posts from this blog during 2014, I thought people might be interested in seeing the ten most popular posts of the year (after all, everyone else seems to be publishing their own most popular lists).
And if these posts aren’t enough for you, there’s always a compilation I published in early September -- The All-Time Ten Most Popular Q & A Posts! That list also includes a categorized list of all posts published in this blog over the past three years.
Here are this year’s top ten, starting with the number-one ranked post (note that some have been published in previous years, but continue to retain their popularity):
1. Teachers Should Dress As Students’ Advocate Not ‘Peer’
In Part One of a two-part series, four educators - Roxanna Elden, Renee Moore, Jane Fung, and Rebecca Mieliwocki - share their thoughts on how teachers should dress.
2. Several Ways To Differentiate Instruction
Carol Tomlinson and Rick Wormeli contribute their ideas in this post.
3. Classroom Strategies To Foster A Growth Mindset
Professor Carol Dweck and Dr. Lisa Blackwell are the co-authors of this guest response.
4. Ways To Cultivate “Whole-Class Engagment”
Jim Peterson and William & Pérsida Himmele share their thoughts.
5. Several Ways We Can Teach Social Studies More Effectively -- Part One
This post shares guest responses from three talented and experienced educators: Stephen Lazar, Bill Bigelow, and Sarah Kirby-Gonzalez.
6. ‘The Grading System We Need To Have’
Rick Wormeli, the well-known educator, author, and speaker, provides the primary response in this post.
7. Ways To Include Students In The Formative Assessment Process
Amy Benjamin, Cheryl Suliteanu and I provide our thoughts.
8. Several Ways To Connect With Disengaged Students
This post includes guest responses from Jim Peterson, who I consider one of my mentors, and educator/author Mike Anderson. In addition, I’ve included several comments left by readers.
9.To Flip, Or Not To Flip, A Classroom - That Is The Question
This piece includes guest responses from enthusiastic proponents of the flipped classroom like Peter Pappas and Andrew Miller, while Josh Stumpenhorst shares reservations similar to mine in his response.
10. Differentiating Lessons By ‘Content, Process, or Product’
This post features a “power-packed line-up” of guest responses, with Carol Tomlinson, Donalyn Miller and Jeff Charbonneau contributing differentiation suggestions.
