Students Say They Want an A but They Won’t Do the Work to Earn it
I often hear teachers complain that their students say that they want an A in their class, but they’re unwilling to do the work necessary to earn it. Even when […]
I often hear teachers complain that their students say that they want an A in their class, but they’re unwilling to do the work necessary to earn it. Even when […]
In what may be the greatest book on classroom management ever written, The First Days of School, Dr. Harry Wong stresses the importance of starting every class correctly. This means […]
Are you focusing on your students’ growth or are you emphasizing other factors that we educators sometimes tend to focus on? Ask yourself the following: When one student doesn’t pass […]
1) Prerequisite Knowledge Often, math skills build on previously learned material. If a student lacks the required prerequisite knowledge to complete the task at hand, the teacher is left with […]
1) Stock Market Activity I actually turn this into a full week activity. I start by showing a Shark Tank episode, to help students understand ‘ownership of a company.’ Which […]
One of my favorite activities to do is a Stock Market Project. What follows will give you some helpful advice for setting up this class project, getting it started, and […]
You have probably felt the frustration of trying to teach a math skill to your class, only to realize that several of the students lacked the essential prerequisite skills to […]
Every teacher knows the frustration of spending a sufficient amount of time teaching and reviewing a concept, only to have students still not “get” how to do the work. I […]
I think you’ll agree that mistakes are a valuable teaching tool. Yet too often in the traditional model of teaching, students are penalized for making them, or afraid of making […]
2 + 4 = ___ + 5 is commonly missed among younger students. They will often write 6 in the blank instead of 1. The reason being is that the […]
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