Classroom Management Techniques: Using Cues
January 25, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
Using cues is a one of many effective classroom management techniques. To initiate directions or signal for students to shift their focus from one state of attention to 100% attention, it is necessary to use some attention cues.
We can use any word, signal or sound to signify that we need our students to […]
Cell Phone Cameras and Privacy Concerns
January 24, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
With today’s lifestyle being so fast paced, many parents feel they are are almost forced to give their child a cell phone. However, when making the decision to give a cell phone to a child, we should check out the phone and learn whether the features that it has are really needed. A classic […]
Behavior Intervention Strategies: Incentives
January 21, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
Another trick in behavior intervention strategies is using incentives to motivate the students. Following are some suggestions on how teachers can create additional incentives in the classroom and motivate struggling learners:
Reward student effort along with quality of completed work. One way to do this is to use frequent encouragement for good effort along […]
Autism Behavior: Imitation
January 20, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
Students with autism lack the early development of their mirror neurons. These mirror neurons allow us to “mirror” or copy what another person is doing. It is this that enables babies to imitate actions that adults around them are doing. Thus, a student exhibiting autism behavior may struggle to copy or imitate the […]
Different Types of Knowledge in Education
January 19, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
In order to build skills, it is important that we know the different types of knowledge that exist in education.
Procedural
Information that is needed to accomplish certain tasks and participate in certain activities is consider to be procedural knowledge. In education, this is often generalized as a group of specific strategies and skills.
Conceptual
When knowledge […]
Formative Assessment Strategies for your Classroom
January 17, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
Formative assessment strategies are similar to standard-based learning strategies and can fulfill both areas of instructional and learning support as well as assessment. Some of the strategies are:
Preassess students.
(Every pretest should be simple and to the point. Give a test that tells you only what the student needs to know.)
Share learning goals with […]
10 Rules of Email Etiquette for Teachers
January 16, 2012 by PLB · 5 Comments
A teacher needs to follow certain rules of email etiquette for the following reasons:
Professionalism: By using proper email language you will convey a professional image.
Confidentiality: When following protocol guidelines, teachers are able to refrain from divulging personal student data
Efficiency: Emails that are to the point are much more effective than poorly worded emails.
Here […]
Teaching Gifted Learners: Building Social Skills
January 13, 2012 by PLB · 2 Comments
A majority of gifted children struggle with socializing. Interacting with family, school, and peers present external elements that can factor into significant challenges for gifted students. Our responsibility as educators, therefore, includes teaching gifted learners and developing social skills in them.
As with all children, family dynamics are most critical to the healthy development […]
Signs of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children
January 12, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is a neurobiological disorder that involves recurrence of senseless, intrusive, continuous, anxiety-producing thoughts and impulses (obsessions), that children attempt to ward off with rigidly patterned, irrational behaviors (compulsions).
Almost as common as ADHD, this illness affects more than a million children and adolescents, with boys twice as likely to be stricken […]
Dealing with Bullying in School: Rumors
January 10, 2012 by PLB · Leave a Comment
When kids bring a rumor to a child, they want to see the child defend against the rumor. If a child, who is the subject of the rumor, defends himself, then they have automatically lost because it is the weaker position. Therefore dealing with bullying in school involves not giving the ‘tormentors’ what […]
