Activities For Reviewing Content
Review activities help students participate and become interactive with learning. With these activities teachers can ensure better understanding of content while making learning more interesting.
Reviewing content periodically after a lesson is important. Teachers can summarize information and emphasize key points during a review. Reviewing content provides students with an opportunity to ask questions, […]
The Universal Design for Learning
Use the Universal Design for Learning assessment strategies to enhance learning in the classroom. These strategies will enable teachers to be flexible, always improving the learning experience.
The Universal Design for Learning is a research-based set of principles that help customize and adjust school curriculum. To make learning universal in nature, this scientific based […]
How Can Teachers Plan An Effective Budget?
Learn how to plan an effective budget for grants and enhance the learning experience.
Making a budget is crucial when applying for grants. It is the first part of the proposal that funders will review because it reveals a great deal about the strength of the project and the teacher’s competency in guiding students […]
Form a Consensus-Decision Making Strategy in the Classroom
What is the Form a Consensus-Decision Making Strategy?
The Form a Consensus-Decision Making Strategy is a means to encourage peer discussions among students. The goal is for students to form a consensus to proposed questions by discussing, analyzing and breaking down the subject or topic.
According to Vygostsky, Smith and Wilhelm (2006)*, the consensus-decision making […]
The Three-Step Interview Learning Strategy in the Classroom
Use the Three-Step Interview Learning Strategy to enhance student participation in the classroom. This strategy will help students process what they are learning while they develop essential life skills at the same time.
What is the three-step interview learning strategy?
The three-step interview learning strategy incorporates a blend of role-playing and discussion to facilitate student […]
How Can Teachers Use Action Research to Improve Teaching Practices?
By considering one’s teaching style and how it affects student’motivation, Action Research can prove to be a vital tool for self-analysis and improvement…
What is Action Research?
Action research is a practical approach to professional inquiry in any social situation and has proved to be a vital tool of self-analysis and improvement in the educational […]
How Can Teachers Lead Change from the Classroom?
Learn how to effect change as a teacher. School-wide initiatives can be effective with the support and leadership of teachers.
What are School-wide Initiatives?
Today, the world of education is undergoing significant changes. Old ideas, teaching methods, curriculum, disciplinary actions, expectations, and even evaluations are changing. The goal of all this change is “improvement”.
Such is […]
Incremental Discipline Plan for the Classroom
Creating an Incremental Discipline Plan for the classroom can help bring order to discipline. This policy will help make behavior management clear and simple for teachers.
What is an Incremental Discipline Plan?
An Incremental Discipline Plan is a disciplinary system that uses a range of graded disciplinary actions and responses to control and manage behavioral […]
4 Gestures to Reconsider When Teaching an ELL Class
Learn basic non-verbal communication that is safe to use in the classroom with students from all over the globe. Body language can contribute to learning in surprising ways.
Communication is connected to culture. One part of communication is, of course, language, which is verbal communication. There are other ways to convey meaning besides using […]
The Benefits of Student Planners
Incorporate student planners in the classroom to enhance student learning. This organizational tool can aid in keeping student on track and focused on their work.
Why use student planners in the classroom?
A student planner is a planner given to students in order to create organization and better communication. With these planners being a part […]
