Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
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...
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...
How to Build Rapport and Deliver Your Message
Whether teaching in a classroom or speaking in a business environment, making a connection with your audience to build rapport is critical to your success in delivering your message. As we know,...
Co-teaching Models: Collaborative Roles in the Classroom
Collaborative Roles in the Classroom Given the magnitude of demands placed on classroom teachers today, they can become overwhelmed with the task of trying to meet the needs of a heterogeneously...
Even MORE Cool Classroom Storage Ideas
During a recent round of seminars, a couple of participants left me with some new classroom storage ideas for keeping things organized in their classrooms. Olivia Valencic uses a small tackle box to...
Reciprocal Teaching – A Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension
One of the best strategies to improve reading comprehension is reciprocal teaching, a teaching strategy involving discussion as well as using reading strategies (summarizing, question generating,...
Tips to Improve Reading Comprehension
The key to improving reading comprehension is using strategies that support working memory when reading. We want information to stay in working memory, and to be processed there, for as long as...
Things That Can Get Educators in Legal Hot Water!
Increasingly We Find Educators in Legal Trouble Because of Their Written and Spoken Words Remember those World War II posters that warned, "Loose Lips Sink Ships?" Well, that dire wisdom is just as...
Teach Creative Thinking, Problem Solving, and Listening Skills!
When dealing with creativity, remember that there are no wrong answers! Helping our students develop problem solving and listening skills increases their self-confidence and promotes creative...
Should Tests be the Final Measure of Student Success?
As teachers, most of us have been taught that tests are the best way to assess our students' learning (and the effectiveness of our teaching). But when a student scores poorly on a test, how does he...
Seven Surefire Ways to Relate Classroom Material to the Student’s World
One of the best ways to engage and motivate students is to apply learning to real-world situations or to associate the learning with something that students can identify with. The examples that...
Learning Tips For Multiple Intelligences
We learn through all of the intelligence styles, but we have certain learning preferences that are stronger than others. Choose strategies that support your student’s strongest learning preference...