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Supporting Social-Emotional Learning: Your Questions, Answered

Our panel of social-emotional learning experts answer some of your most pressing questions.

The Value of Closed-Ended Questions?

We use open-ended questions are used to stimulate children's use of language, but sometimes it’s hard for children to put complex thoughts into words.

Concept Development: Focus on Analysis and Reasoning

Young children are naturals at analysis and reasoning. Every time a preschooler asks questions, predicts, classifies, compares, or evaluates, they are practicing analysis and reasoning skills. We can promote these…

The Impact of Creating an Emotionally Supportive Learning Environment in Math Classrooms

A new article examines the academic and emotional aspects of teaching mathematics. The lead author, Rebekah Berlin, answers our questions about the study.

The Best myTeachstone Resources for Coaches

A list of common questions and concerns we hear from coaches, and some of our favorite myTeachstone resources that can help!

Open or Closed-Ended? How to Deal with Ambiguous Questions

What's the proper definition of an open-ended question? Can they be a statement? Can they start with the word 'what'? What else do observers need to look for?

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Teacher Tips: Asking Open-Ended Questions

Teachstone's popular list of tips on asking children open-ended questions.

Teacher Tips: Asking Open-Ended Questions

Teachstone's popular list of tips on asking children open-ended questions.

Password Settings - Teachstone

Password settings questions and answers for Teachstone

What Hundreds of Reliability Support Calls and Emails Have Taught Us

After working on Reliability Support for a few weeks, I decided to pull data on the most common questions. Here's what we learned.

CLASS Success Story: Going Through Head Start Recompetition

Brenda Zedlitz answers questions about teacher turnover and Head Start recompetition.

Using Open-Ended Questions in the Classroom

Learn more about open-ended questions and how they can benefit your students.

9 Common Questions About Teaching in a Physically Distanced Classroom

As young children return to school, many have questions about what effective interactions look like when teachers and children are physically distanced.

How to Use Bonus Content in myTeachstone Part 3: Reflective Questions

Let’s examine how the reflective questions in myTeachstone can encourage teacher engagement and reflection.

CLASS is More than Open-Ended Questions

Often the first thing that comes to mind when discussing CLASS is "open-ended questions"..but there's so much more to the observation tool.

Evidence-Based PD: Improve Teacher-Child Interactions

Our new Implementation Guide will cover lots of questions related to when, how, and why to use the CLASS for evaluation and professional development.

A Coaching Guide to Asking Reflective Questions

Though we know that open-ended questions are a great coaching tool to prompt teacher reflection, it is important to be intentional the questions we ask.

Don't Panic! What To Do When A Trainee Asks a Question and You Don't Know the Answer

Even the most seasoned trainers experience difficulty answering participant questions from time to time. Here's what to do when that happens.

Going Deeper into the CLASS® Measure: Language Modeling

Learn how to take your Language Modeling skills deeper using these reflective questions.

3 Questions Reveal Whether You Are Maximizing CLASS Observation Data

Answer these three simple questions to learn whether you are maximizing CLASS data and using it to show the impact of your PD efforts.

The Best Way to Incorporate More Concept Development in Your Lessons

Open-ended questions, brainstorming, integrations....how can you include more of these indicators in your lesson plans? This Concept Development plan will help.

“Why Can’t I Know the Master Codes From My Reliability Test?” and Other Questions Participants May Ask

Staff trainer Sherilyn Crump answers one of the most commonly asked questions about the CLASS Observer Reliability Test.

The 5 Questions that Feedback Strategies Training Will Help You Answer

As a coach, do you feel like you're providing the most effective feedback to the teachers you work with? Do you often ask yourself these questions?

How to Help Children Answer Open-Ended Questions

As teachers, it is important to ask children open-ended questions. It is also important to help children learn how to answer them.

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