Resources and Discussion About Education
Using Preparation to Prevent Management Issues Classroom management is one of the most challenging areas that new teachers face in the classroom. Too many new teachers enter their first year of teaching without extensive time booked in front of the classroom. Management strategies are implemented most skillfully by those who have experience. And so, many … Continue reading Teaching Tip #16 – Preparation is Prevention
Visible Information On The Board A white board, screen, smartboard, even a chalk board and projector - these are the places where some of the most important information in the classroom is located. Bellringers, expectations, and other information often cover these surfaces for students to read. What do you put on your boards? What should … Continue reading Teaching Tip #15 – On The Board
Using Bloom's Taxonomy and Costa's Levels of Inquiry Throughout instructional time, you may find your students are arriving at “right answers”. Your students may have the ability to answer questions, but how do you know if they have mastered the content? How can you use questioning to stretch the thinking of your students to much … Continue reading Teaching Tip # 14 – Higher Level Questioning
Quality Collaboration Strategies Designing group work that allows for quality collaboration is a challenging task. Many teachers rely on how they were taught, where each student has a specific role such as time-keeper, or note-taker. The book Designing Groupwork: Strategies for the Heterogeneous Classroom by Elizabeth G. Cohen (#ad) explores group roles, how these roles … Continue reading Teaching Tip # 13 – Group Roles
Redirection Without Vocalization One of the simplest forms of management is the use of proximity - using the distance between you and your students to remind or redirect behavior in the classroom. Proximity can be very effective when managing simple mistakes students make in the classroom. For example, if a student is talking during a … Continue reading Teaching Tip # 12 – Management with Proximity
Students are talking. You need their attention. You start to talk, but the students don't stop. You try to talk louder, but the students get louder. Soon, everyone is yelling trying to get their voice heard. If you've experienced this, it's time for you to implement attention getters for students in your classroom. Attention getters … Continue reading Attention Getters for Students
Learning Starts Before the Bell Students begin walking into your room. What is the first thing they do? The answer might be a bellringer. Bellringers go by many other names, such as openers, journals, or daily work. They are small assignments that students work on as they enter the classroom. This strategy is very effective … Continue reading Teaching Tip # 10 – Bellringers
Giving Props and Love To Your Students A student takes a risk, shares an answer, or volunteers for a task. How do you respond to create an environment of positive support and opportunity? The answer, is props and love. Many different teaching programs support the idea of props and love. Teach Like a Champion (#ad) … Continue reading Teaching Tip #9 – Props and Love
Six strategies to help engage your students in learning - Part 2 What can you do to improve students engaging in learning? Below is a list - continued from yesterday's article - of the six strategies from Chip and Dan Heath's free resource, Teaching that Sticks. The final three strategies they present are continued in … Continue reading Teaching Tip # 8.5 – Engaging in Learning
Six strategies to help engage your students in learning - Part 1 You’ve designed a great lesson full of great strategies that lead your students in their learning. You begin the lesson, but within the first few minutes, the students have checked out. Something didn’t engage your students through the lesson. What did you do … Continue reading Teaching Tip #8 – Engaging in Learning
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