Doug Lemov's field notes

Reflections on teaching, literacy, coaching, and practice.

07.15.20 Tips for Online Show Call from Jeff Li’s Lesson

After a bit of a hiatus for other projects, my team and I are back to studying video of teachers working online this week. Yesterday we watched video of Jeff Li, who’s an outstanding math teacher at KIPP in NYC and who has been a guest blogger here before. Jeff was teaching as part of the…


11.23.15 Jeff Li’s Guest Post on Peer Tutoring, Part 2

If you read the first part of this guest post on the topic of peer tutoring by Kipp Infinity’s Jeff Li, you’ve probably been eagerly awaiting the second part. So here it is [Cue fanfare].  In this part Jeff describes what makes for a successful tutor and shares some of his student’s own reflections.  WHAT MAKES…