How can Strategy Instruction be used to Support Learning in the Classroom?
Research shows that students’ academic performance is enhanced when teachers implement Strategy Instruction in the classroom. Strategy Instruction involves teaching students various skills that can facilitate learning. Students are taught to choose the strategy that is best suited for the material and content that they have to learn and to make this part […]
How can I use Chunking as an Effective Memory Strategy in the Classroom?
Memorizing and recollecting information is a challenge in every classroom. Remembering dates, long lists of numbers and events can be taxing for some students. For students with such difficulty, learning the memory strategy “chunking” may prove very useful.
Chunking is the technique of organizing or combining individual pieces of information into “chunks.” This facilitates […]
How can I make my Classroom even more Student-Centered?
A student-centered classroom is one in which students take an active interest and are directly involved in the process of learning. The teacher structures the lessons taking into consideration the needs of the students both as individuals and as a group; and encourages them to take charge of their own learning.
Students are encouraged […]
What do you do when your Students Don’t Want to Study?
As we talk about student-centered classrooms, it occurs to me that for most students, learning is not a priority. Ask the average student why they like going to school, and they’d probably say that they like recess, sports or hanging out with friends.
We understand that students like to hang out and do things […]
How can I use a Timeline in the Classroom as a Creative Learning Tool?
Learning events in their chronological order is a challenge for most students. Memorizing the antecedent and precedent happenings of an event through rote technique may be overwhelming. In order to overcome this challenge and promote active learning, teachers may introduce the use of a timeline in the classroom.
Timelines are graphical representations of a […]
How do I Teach English Language Learners about the Rules of Grammar?
Generally, a person learning a second language will eventually acquire grammar rules on his own, inductively, much as a child learning his first language does. A three-year-old might say “I goed to the zoo today.” An eight-year-old typically would not. The error goes away over time with frequently hearing the correct version in […]
What is the Blended Learning Approach?
Dziuban, Hartman and Moskal, 2004, stated that “Blended learning should be viewed as a pedagogical approach that combines the effectiveness and socialization opportunities of the classroom with the technologically enhanced active learning possibilities of the online environment, rather than a ratio of delivery modalities.” Simply put, blended learning approach is an integrated instructional […]
Project Based Learning
I love using projects and other interactive activities for teaching. I truly believe that during the process, learning is actually achieved in a deeper way, which is our goal as teachers.
Project based learning is also an excellent way to involve special needs children especially in mixed ability schools. More traditional classroom activities can […]
How Can I Use Exit Slips to Facilitate Learning?
Preparing for a class includes planning the end of the lesson. Closure is as vital as the content and style of presenting a lesson because students tend to retain information better during the last few minutes of class. Commonly used closure techniques include the teacher summarizing the lesson or quizzing the students on […]
What is Participatory Literacy?
There is a need to move away from traditional notions of texts as repositories of learning and toward participatory literacy practices. Participatory literacy is becoming more and more important in today’s digital age where students don’t just read content but also interact with it and are actively creating their own content constantly. It […]
