How can we Build Curiosity in the Classroom?
Make your classroom an exciting learning environment that builds curiosity. These 5 Tips to building curiosity in your students will open the doors to curious life long learners.
“The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards.”
-Anatole France*
Curiosity, as […]
How Can Teachers use CBM to Monitor a Student’s Progress in Written Expression?
Learn how to effectively monitor student growth with CBM-WE. These techniques give teachers a clear-cut and time efficient way to assess writing skills in their students.
Monitor your student’s progress in the mechanics and conventions of writing with CBM…
Tracking student growth in emerging writing skills can be vague and time-consuming for teachers. However, Curriculum-Based […]
How Can Teachers Incorporate STEM While Keeping the Cost Low?
Integrating STEM into our classrooms does not require a huge budget or curriculum change. Any school, any classroom and any teacher can adapt their classroom to incorporate STEM.
One of the primary costs of STEM implementation is curriculum. Designing STEM curriculum is not something only experts in STEM can do. Any teacher, who is […]
Why use Graphic Organizers in the Classroom?
Enhance learning by using graphic organizers in the classroom. Different cognitive organizers can add another level to learning that is helpful for the students as well as the teacher.
What are graphic organizers?
Graphic organizers are defined as a visual display demonstrating the relationship between facts, ideas and concepts. Using visual and spatial modalities, graphic […]
What are Concept Maps and how do you use them in the Classroom?
Use concept maps in your classroom to encourage students to understand concepts as a whole. This graphic organizer allows students to connect knowledge and record it in a visual manner.
What are Concept Maps?
A Concept map is a type of graphic organizer that helps students learn about new concepts or ideas and their relationships […]
How can Teachers Develop Intrinsic Motivation in their Students?
Help students become intrinsically motivated by meeting their basic needs in the classroom. Motivated learners are better life-long learners. These strategies will improve student motivation in the classroom and lead to a better learning environment.
When we examine the behavior and/or emotional climate in our classroom through the lens of basic needs, problems become […]
How can Teachers Teach Cognitive Skills?
Help improve over all learning in your classroom by addressing learning skills on the most basic level. This lesson provides training techniques in order to create better cognitive learning for every student.
Due to exciting new brain research, we now know that some cognitive difficulties can be improved. With the right training a student […]
What is the Visual Note Taking Strategy?
Visual Note Taking with sketchnotes can bring a whole new learning element to your classroom. Students are able to enjoy note taking when using visual notes and tap into their artistic side.
What is the Visual Note Taking Strategy?
Note taking means to record information obtained from other sources (lectures, books, Internet) in a systematic […]
How can you use the Study Without Tears Method in Your Classroom?
Stimulate learning in your classroom by teaching students to understand their own learning style. The Study Without Tears strategy will help you teach on every level for every student.
What is the ‘Study Without Tears’ technique?
Study Without Tears, also known as the SWOT strategies, framed by Flemings, was designed to help students identify ineffective […]
Can Shortcuts in Math help Students who are Struggling to keep up?
Use simple shortcuts to help students understand math. Introduce mental math tricks to help students succeed.
Make math easier with these easy and effective strategies…
Math can be difficult for many students. The Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSSM) define what students should understand and be able to do in their study of […]
