How to Motivate Students: Follow These Easy Tips to Increase Student Participation
I have a picture. It shows an entire class of 30 students with their heads down. I took it my first year teaching for reasons I no longer recall. I …
Continue ReadingArchive View
Teaching Methods, Tools & Strategies
Showing guides and explainers filed under Teaching Methods, Tools & Strategies.
Advertisement
Tips for Improving Self-Esteem in Your Students and in Yourself
In a tempest of insecurity, fears, and lack of self-worth, you can be the anchor for drifting students.
Continue Reading
Using Bloom's Taxonomy for Teachers, With a Kindergarten Classroom as an Example
Using Bloom’s Taxonomy in lesson plans will help teachers to make sure we are teaching higher order thinking skills. Here we have an example of …
Continue ReadingAdvertisement
Preparing your Class for Standardized Tests: Teaching Students How to Take Tests
For better or worse, standardized tests are here to stay. The teacher who succeeds is the teacher who prepares is class ahead of time for tests.
Continue ReadingRole of the Teacher in the Classroom: Positive Relationships with the Teacher Aide
The role of a teacher in the classroom as a leader is to lead students, families, and the teacher aide to success. In order for the teacher to be …
Continue ReadingTips for Teachers on New Technology in the Classroom
You can run but you can’t hide. One of these days you’ll have to ditch the typewriter and the overhead projector and step up to modern …
Continue ReadingA Basic Guide for How to Plan a Lesson
The beginning, middle and end of a lesson should naturally flow and successfully engage students. This article provides educators with a step-by-step …
Continue ReadingAdvertisement
Creating a Lesson Plan: Sample Formats for New Teachers
New to teaching and still having trouble creating great lesson plans? Even if you’ve been teaching for a few years, this tip will help you …
Continue ReadingEarly Adolescence: Jean Piaget's Formal Operational Thought
In the previous article we looked at the psychological effects of physical development during early adolescence. This article will cover Jean …
Continue ReadingPuberty and Low Self Esteem in Early Adolescent Development
During this time in their life, students are experiencing many many dramatic interactions between biological, societal and psychological systems. Many …
Continue ReadingAdvertisement