Teaching Strategies – Use a timer in your classroom
Who uses a timer in their classroom for lessons? I know that some are not big fans of using a timer for any reason, while others find (and research bears this out) that a timer can be one of the most useful teaching strategies to help motivate students. But it can...
Teaching Strategies for All Ability Levels in a Larger Classroom
In any general class, there are students of different ability levels and, correspondingly, grade levels. Direct teaching the entire class together can sometimes leave higher-grade, higher-ability students bored and perhaps acting out, while lower-ability students may...
Teaching Strategy – A Dual Approach to Test-taking That Empowers Students
Can a student benefit by having a text read aloud to them rather than reading along silently? Can he or she do better on a test that’s given orally rather than silently writing the answers? How about letting the student decide? That’s right, giving students a choice...
Teaching Strategies: Using Video as a Teaching Tool
Many teachers avoid teaching strategies that include using online video in the classroom due to the hassle. Accessing the content can be difficult — a website may be blocked, streaming video may stutter and start buffering, and downloading a video file may not be any...