Archive for Author: Michael Toth
Toth is an expert on instructional methodology, techniques for leading the shift to academic teaming, and the research base behind academic teaming.
How Does Academic Teaming Specifically Benefit English Language Learners?
We need to think beyond traditional English Language Learner strategies to rethinking the classroom environment for ELLs (and all students) to thrive. The traditional classroom setting—where students are expected to sit quietly in their seats and passively memorize...
What Strategies Embed Peer Teaching and Peer Coaching into Academic Teaming?
Peer Teaching and Coaching Through Academic Teams Peer teaching and coaching is a key element in the development of students’ social-emotional skills, as well as other crucial 21st-century workforce skills like critical thinking and creative problem solving. We...
How Do Teaming Structures Maximize Student Learning?
Group Work vs. Team Tasks The key to maximizing student learning is not through group work but through team tasks. There is an enormous difference between student grouping and academic teaming. Most of us have experienced group projects in school, and often those...