Education Week (This is the final post in a three-part series on student motivation. You can see Part One here and Part Two here) Fitta Astriyani asked: How can I deal with unmotivated students? I'm a little bit frustrated when I know my students don't do their homework and sometimes they talk during my lessons. Part One of this series included responses from Cris Tovani, Josh Stumpenhorst and Eric Jensen. Today, educators Jason Flom and Barbara Blackburn contribute their thoughts, along with many comments from readers. Response From Jason Flom Jason Flom is the Learning and Communications director at Cornerstone Learning Community in Tallahassee, FL. Whenever I work with students who seem to lack that "drive" or "ambition" (a.k.a. interest and willingness), I begin with Q.E.D. Step 1: Listen, empathize, connect Questions I ask myself in wanting to draw students in: What are these students saying? Step 2: Adapt Given what is known about the students, what might they want to do to change the world? Value Meg:
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Student Participation/Active Learning- Teaching Tips Student Participation/Active Learning Tips marked with an * indicates that the tip is consistent with learnng-centered teaching Student Participation/Active Learning *Getting students to participate in class Here are a few simple strategies to get students to respond to questions or participate more: give students a clue regarding the kind of response that your are expecting give students a minute to write their thoughts before anyone is called upon break students into small groups to discuss the answer, then bring them back to the whole group arrive early to class and chat with students informally (helps them fail more comfortable) use non-verbal means to invite people to participate - sit close to students, make eye contact with them individually, move around the room, or sit in different locations. back to top *Promoting class participation, discussion among the entire class *Student classroom participation *Getting more student discussion *Active learning within a large classroom
ELLA » Teachers’ Corner Here you can download some of the materials you can find in this site: those that we have made ourselves. The zip lessons are compressed into a zip file that you will have to extract to a shared folder in your server. To start the lesson open the file: index.htm and follow the links. All the video files are flv, if you can't play them in your computer you will need to download and install an flv player like VLC player. Units marked* are not available yet but will soon be released Elementary A Mobile World zip pdf video and audio A Healthy Flight zip pdf video How to Tie a Tie zip pdf audio and video How to Add Veggies to your Diet zip pdf video Going to the Doctor's zip pdf video It's so British zip pdf video and audio A Day in Town zip pdf audio Intermediate The Thumb Generation zip pdf video The Trial zip pdf video Why Should I Tip a Server? Advanced Cell Phones, could we Live without them?
The Bureau of Communication - Fill-in-the-blank Correspondence Teacher Lesson Plans, Printables & Worksheets by Grade or Subject - TeacherVision.com 12 Tips to Manage Time and Increase Efficiency in the Classroom! 12 Tips to Manage Time and Increase Efficiency in the Classroom! By Susan Fitzell closeAuthor: Susan Fitzell Name: Susan FitzellSite: About: Susan Fitzell is a nationally recognized speaker and author of several educational resource books. She has over two decades of experience with differentiated instruction, teaching youth with special needs, students with behavioral and anger management issues, and students who experience bullying. Susan’s company, AIMHI Educational Programs, focuses on building caring school communities. Authors Posts (45) From the archives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. Susan Fitzell is a nationally recognized speaker and author of several educational resource books. Susan Fitzell, M. Keep up with Susan! This entry was posted on Monday, October 1st, 2012 and is filed under *ISSUES, October 2012, Susan Fitzell.
1000s FREE Printable Teaching Resources in English and German Teachers' Expectations Can Influence How Students Perform : Shots - Health Blog hide captionTeachers interact differently with students expected to succeed. But they can be trained to change those classroom behaviors. iStockphoto.com Teachers interact differently with students expected to succeed. In my Morning Edition story today, I look at expectations — specifically, how teacher expectations can affect the performance of the children they teach. The first psychologist to systematically study this was a Harvard professor named Robert Rosenthal, who in 1964 did a wonderful experiment at an elementary school south of San Francisco. The idea was to figure out what would happen if teachers were told that certain kids in their class were destined to succeed, so Rosenthal took a normal IQ test and dressed it up as a different test. "It was a standardized IQ test, Flanagan's Test of General Ability," he says. After the kids took the test, he then chose from every class several children totally at random. But just how do expectations influence IQ? Still, people have tried.