Today, I will be responding to the article: "3 Common Myths About Learning- and What Teachers Can Do Instead" by Jonathan G. Tullis. I found this article on the CPS Online Community of Practice for Educators Facebook page (someone had shared it), and I thought it provided some interesting points. This isn't really related to the topic of blogging, but it sparked my interest a little more than the other articles. This article emphasizes the importance of using research-based practices in the classroom. Often, as we plan out our units and lessons, we have ideas about what we think is best for students. Perhaps we rely on strategies that we were taught in our own educational journey, or use practices that were used on us in school. Or, we're simply taking advice from other colleagues in the field. But, sometimes what we think is best for students, is either ineffective or could even be detrimental to their learning. One example in the article mentions the myth that ev...