What do students know and do as a result of this lesson? ,and how can I design an activity in which students can search for the answers for themselves?
Introduction Creating a place where all students feel included and can take part in their learning is important for their growth in school. When teachers use self-assessment, they help students take charge of their own learning. This builds a sense of responsibility and helps them learn to guide themselves. This guide will look at helpful ways to use self-assessment in your classroom. Key...
Clarity in Education In education, being clear is important. When learners know what is expected and how to succeed, they feel more motivated and confident. This is why creating success criteria together matters. By getting learners involved in deciding what success looks like, teachers can help them feel responsible. This approach also brings openness and a common understanding into the learning...
According to Karin Hess, educators need to consider these questions when choosing a scaffolding strategy. This is to advance student learning and engagement.
Learner Strategies Defined According to O’Connell and Vandas, learner strategies are the plans or actions that help you learn faster and can be used in other learning situations. How do teachers help their students come up with ways to learn? This post will show you how. Why Is It Important? For kids, the most important part of learning is to teach them how to learn better and find the...
Enhance Learning with Student Engagement A good and satisfying learning experience is linked to how well a student interacts with their lessons, teachers, and classmates. This participation is known as student engagement, and it is important for both academic success and student success. This blog post will look at practical ways to boost engagement in your classroom, regardless of the subject...
Student Discussion Student discussion refers to the cognitive process in which students engage in critical thinking by posing and investigating questions, making connections between information and their personal experiences and cultural background, substantiating their reasoning, and questioning their own and others’ perspectives to achieve clarity and comprehension. This definition is...
Effective Questioning To Prompt Students to Think Critically Provoke and Release What prompts students to ask questions in class? According to the book Beautiful Questions in the Classroom by Warren Berger, a two-part strategy could be considered “provoke and release.” The idea is to provoke curiosity in students, which will tend to inspire specific, authentic questions, then provide a release...
Creating a Culture of Inquiry Table of Contents Culture of Inquiry Six key things educators can do to create a culture, atmosphere, and environment where students are more comfortable asking questions and more inclined to do so are: Foster an appreciation of questioning Create a stimulating environment for questioning Make it safe to question Make questioning a team sport Provide a basic...
What Makes a Good Question? Jim Knight, author of The Beautiful Questions, asks what makes a good question? Answer effective questions are Empowering Authentic Respectful Invitational Empowering Asking good questions empowers the one receiving the inquiry, not the one posing it. When Knight asks someone he coaches, for example, “How close was that class to how you wanted it to go, on a...
3 Authentic Strategies To Take to Your Classroom to the Real World There are ways to take your classroom to the real world by making the classroom a real-world setting, where students make real-world decisions with real-world consequences. 3 strategies serve as steppingstones to get you where you are ready to jump headfirst into authentic learning in your classroom. SIMULATIONS SOLVE REAL-WORLD...
Learning Something New Learning Something New Defined Learning something new or inquiry-based learning is about triggering curiosity and tailoring your curriculum to what your students are interested in. Heather Wolpert-Gawron, author of the article “What the Heck is Inquiry-Based Learning?“. notes Inquiry-Based Learning puts a new perspective on an age-old topic. Wolpert-Gawron...
Effective Instructional Practices In today’s changing school environment, it is important to ensure students learn. Learning is a process that needs good teaching methods that fit each student’s needs. This blog post will talk about instructional practices. It will show why they matter for creating a good learning environment. Also, it will share simple strategies that teachers can...
What is Student Engagement? Introduction Strengthen student engagement, author Dr. Richard D Jones, is based on Engagement-Based Learning and Teaching. It is an approach that provides the foundation for developing and strengthening student engagement and the learning process. Dr. Jones built the foundation through specific principles, habits, skills and strategies. There are three domains of...