Elever lägger ner mycket tid och kraft på att försöka gissa sig till vad skolans mål kräver av dem, skriver Jan-Anders Hedenqvist, språklärare, författare och beteendevetare.

Den segregerade svenska skolan skiljer sig från högprestigeskolor utomlands som välkomnar blandade elevgrupper. Petter Sandgren, som forskar om överklassens utbildningsvägar, ser en splittring som har nått även resursstarka elever.

Ibland behövs nya arbetssätt och vägar framåt för att uppfylla mål. I årets andra nummer av tidningen Lika värde kan du läsa om en gymnasieskola som tagit in matematiken i de praktiska ämnena och en annan som satsar på att skapa goda relationer för att stärka studiemotivationen. (pdf)

Teaching special education online has its own unique challenges, but teachers have found ways to use educational technology to aid students.

Taking notes on readings doesn’t always come naturally to students, and having a framework to follow helps them focus on what’s most important.

Students can become better questioners if teachers help them develop and nurture their skills, their will and their thrill for devising thoughtful queries, author and consultant Jackie Acree Walsh writes in this blog post. Walsh also explains the differences among and necessity of self-questions, academic questions, exploratory questions and dialogical questions.

Teachers can help preschool and elementary students understand and express the connections between their sensations and emotions.

Ido Davidesco, an assistant professor of learning sciences at the University of Connecticut, is using EEG technology to study students' brainwaves to gather data to improve teaching and learning. In particular, Davidesco says this research could better inform strategies to keep students' attention during instruction.

Schools that adopted a four-day week saw lower math and reading test scores - and those losses grew year over year - according to a study of students' academic outcomes in Oregon by Paul Thompson, an economist at Oregon State University. Thompson's research found the number of schools nationwide adopting a four-day schedule grew to…

Three experts explore the notion of resilience from a variety of perspectives, offering helpful insight into how to sustain ourselves through challenging times. (webb-tv)

Research in England, Sweden and the Netherlands shows how age gaps can shape lives.

En perfekt uppgift för distansundervisning. Bildläraren Lisa Lings elever har fått formge ett bokomslag i collageform. Målet är att skapa en komposition med ett tydligt bildspråkligt budskap.