Teaching Strategies: Scripts for Responding to Student Behavior
Sometimes, it helps to have an idea of how to respond to student behavior in a way that encourages students to own their actions, does not create a power struggle, and is consistent and effective. When using these scripts, issue each statement in a calm tone of voice,...
Teaching Strategies: Promote Critical Thinking Using this Teaching Strategy
Teaching Strategies for Note-taking Many teachers use a two-column note taking strategy when giving notes to students. However, a colleague of mine takes this up a level by adding an additional column. That third column is used for test questions. Here’s how it works:...
Teaching Strategies: Goal Setting for Motivating Students
Add Goal Setting for Motivating Students to Your Kit of Teaching Strategies Goal setting is a planning process for empowering and motivating students to take control of their progress and work toward something in which they are invested. Students need to choose their...
Teaching Strategies: How to Help Students Make Good Decisions
Teaching Strategies for Decision Making I started using this problem-solving strategy with students to help them see that there were positive and negative consequences to any solution they presented to a problem they were experiencing. Originally, it was used to help...