Can the Teacher’s Mood Impact Student Performance?
It is not uncommon for students to attribute your outburst in class to a bad mood or an “off day”. No matter how hard we try to hide it, students have an uncanny sense of ability to detect our moods and emotions. The problem, if and how our mood affects or influences student […]
Noticing the Details
Try the following exercise: Draw two circles. In the first, sketch in the details that are on the front side of a penny. No reaching into your pocket, wallet or bottom of a handbag here, stay with me. Now, in the second circle, draw the elements that are on the back of a […]
What is Backward Design in Education?
For many years, external and standardized testing molded design learning experiences that would bring students toward mastery of what was on associated tests. However, as teachers were not the architects of these tests, there was sometimes a disconnect between the tests and the reality of the educational terrain (relevance to student and meaningful […]
