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Habits of Mind. UbD. PBA websites 6.21. First Days of School: It's Always Awkward in the Beginning. Using Discussions To Facilitate Learning. Group Work Strategies to Ensure Students Pull Their Weight. The idea for sharing this post came from a session I recently conducted at the annual teaching conference organized by my university.

Group Work Strategies to Ensure Students Pull Their Weight

A pedagogical conundrum was raised by a colleague whose enthusiasm and question stayed with me and inspired me to write this post. The question posed by this colleague is relevant to all instructors who have ever used group work to assess their students: How should one deal with the issues that arise when members of a group are not picking up their share of the responsibilities during a group work project? The benefits of group work are well recognized (e.g., as are the reasons students don’t like working in groups (Taylor, 2011). We have all had groups that operated magically, when group members brought out each other’s strengths and helped each member shine; but we have also had groups that failed miserably when members did not get along or did not pull equal weight in completing a group project. 1. 2. 3. 4. Step 1: Get to know each other. 5. Huang, L.

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Frickin' Packets. Students Sitting Around Too Much? Try Chat Stations. Edutopia. A simple visual accompanied by a short, succinct prompt. Not every math standard boils down to such a visual though, so often I use mathematical models, patterns, or matching exercises to catch kids’ attention. The idea of the hook is to allow students to investigate the concepts within the daily lesson in a straightforward manner through a low-floor, high-ceiling problem that generates conversation. Sometimes there is no visual component. For example, I gave my students this series of equations: This hook invites students to investigate properties of powers. In the example above, you could ask students to write a fourth example of the rule, write the rule in their own words, create an algebraic rule for the property, or define negative exponents. This Jigsaw Game Will Make Test Prep Fun and Productive.

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Poverty, Diversity, and Social Justice

Digital curation. SLIS 761 Digital Curation: Information Literacy. Inquiry Learning. Government. Literacy. Technology in the Classroom. Differentiation. K12 Academics. GeorgiaStandards.org. Georgia Department of Education. Learning Theory. Teacher Development: Starter Kit for Teaching Online. Imagine a work day spent at home in your slippers, teaching students without the headaches of monitoring who's chewing gum, who showed up late, or who's sending text messages in the back row.

Teacher Development: Starter Kit for Teaching Online

We've got to confess it sounds dreamy, if a bit far removed from the altruistic drive that probably got you into teaching in the first place. (Is that so wrong?) But shelve the guilt -- online teaching also serves much higher causes. The online teachers and administrators we've interviewed say it gives you the flexibility to tailor your pacing to the needs of individual students and to get to know your students better through a lot of one-on-one conversations. Teachers also get to use modern-day technology tools in everyday practice, not just as occasional add-ons, and they get to master a form of teaching that's likely to reach millions of new students each year in the United States and abroad. If you're interested in taking your teaching skills online, there are several ways to go.

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