Resources and Discussion About Education
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
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
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
When students say "I Can't," how can you instill a growth mindset?
What to do when a student gets an answer right.
A first-day strategy that can increase student motivation for the course.
How to respond to a wrong answer from a student.
How do you respond when a student says, "I don't know?"
Teach and Assist 