Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Susan ‘s Articles for
Education
Teaching Strategies: Motivating Students to be Engaged Learners
While it is easy to look at underperforming students and label them as lazy, research indicates that most students lack motivation because of three fundamental factors: Students do not believe...
Anger Management for Teens: Keep it Real
For the 7th time in seven weeks I walked into the small room and sat in the circle of chairs. Seven sets of eyes watched me, a myriad of expressions on their faces. The faces have changed since...
Effects of Drugs and Alcohol on Anger Management
When teaching students anger management skills, it is also important to help them understand the ways that drugs and alcohol can affect their ability to control their anger and other emotions and...
Anger Management for Teens – Five Ways to Help Students Deal With Anger Constructively
When working with teens who struggle to manage their anger, it's critical to keep it real. There is no magic bullet when it comes to dealing with anger management for teens. Changing how our...
Motivating vs Enabling: How to Motivate Students When They are Stuck
Mimicking vs. Being Forced to Think I have about a dozen children in my Martial Arts class. When teaching them their martial arts forms, we do a continuous series of moves. I stand in front of...
How to Talk to Angry Children and Teens
https://youtu.be/2Coiak4Gx7o Talking to Angry Children and Angry Teens When I taught high school, I often found myself in a position where I had to help angry teens come up with solutions for...
How to Secure Your Zoom Classroom From Hackers
Is Zoom is safe to use? I’ve had a number of teachers, specialists and administrators ask me if Zoom is safe to use and how to secure Zoom for their virtual classrooms. This is understandable...
Labeling Emotions Is Critical to Anger Management
Why Naming Emotions is Important for Managing Anger I created the Moodz poster for anger management when I realized that my students had trouble articulating what was truly making them angry....
Stop Trying to Motivate Struggling Students Until You Do This
Why students struggle Our students struggle for many reasons, but often there’s a bigger cause behind their struggles: schooling that doesn’t match their goals and interests. I’ve worked with...
Student Motivation – Three phrases that ignite student motivation and their desire to learn
Students are born motivated to learn They're motivated to touch, to taste, to crawl, to explore, to put things in their mouth. They're always learning. Then they start school. What happens to...
Why Knowing HOW to Learn is Necessary for 21st Century Learning
The Facts About 21st Century Learning Have you ever heard of the “Knowledge Doubling Curve?” First described by Buckminster Fuller in 1982[i], this curve notes that, until 1900, human knowledge...
Classroom Management – A Neat Way To Use A Noise Level Tracker In Your Classroom
I recently completed a training session with teachers in Alaska. As I almost always do, I learned a new classroom management strategy from a teacher in my audience – something I hadn’t thought of...