3 Effective Group Work Strategies for Your Classroom
Follow these effective group work strategies to engage your students, support social emotional learning, and build creative problem-solving skills.
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Is Student-Centered Learning Like Opening Pandora’s Box?
To support traditional teachers in student-centered practices, it’s important to address common concerns around the challenges of student-centered learning.
Flexible Groupings: The Right Way to Group Students by Ability
Flexible groupings allow students to work at their own level while also providing opportunities for collaborative learning.
Avoid These Three Motivation Killers in Your Classroom
Learn how to avoid the three classroom motivation killers that will sap your students’ energy and excitement for learning.
Gamification vs Game-Based Learning – Does it Make a Difference?
Gamifying my 5th grade math course has been one of the most exciting and rewarding experiences of my teaching career. After introducing gamification, I am finding …
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Differentiation through Flexible Grouping
While it may seem paradoxical for students to work at their own pace and meet content standards, students can learn so much more effectively when work is targeted at their level. Leveled groups are most successful when students are grouped accurately and teachers facilitate effectively.
Just in Time Data
When we deliver information to our classes via lecture, we often wonder how much they are ‘picking up what we’re putting down.’ When the assessment comes days or weeks later, it can be hard to tell whether a student’s difficulties come from attention, comprehension, or retention.
3 Steps to Implement Data-Driven Instruction (Part 3/3)
In this third and final section, we’ll consider ways to use data and data-driven platforms to personalize instruction for individual students.
3 Steps To Implement Data-Driven Instruction (2/3): Whole Group and Small Group Planning
In this week’s post, we will look at some ways that data can help us plan for whole group or small group lessons. I tend to interpret my class data by starting with a broad overview and “zooming in” to understand more specifics.