Decide what criteria or essential elements must be present in the student’s work to ensure that it is high in quality. At this stage, you might even consider selecting samples of exemplary student work that can be shown to students Read more…
What is a rubric? A rubric is an assessment tool that clearly indicates achievement criteria across all the components of any kind of student work, from written to oral to visual. It can be used for marking assignments, class participation, or Read more…
Assessments are activities designed to test the students’ competence in the learning objectives of a module or course, while also giving students the opportunities to improve their learning. Assessments are also opportunities for instructors to inform their teaching practices. One Read more…
Pedagogy is a process of organizing the environment, knowledge, information, activities and people. The smart board is an important teaching tool that teachers can use to help their students learn. Providing students with active, hands-on learning using interactive smart board technology is Read more…
A student’s sensory preference determines the individual learning style. Student learners may prefer either the auditory, visual or the tactile/kinaesthetic style of learning. Visual learners are attracted to bright, colorful graphics. These learners retain information by viewing pictures, slides, graphs, films and demonstrations. Auditory learners benefit the Read more…
There are many intelligence theories that attempt to address the ways children learn. IQ (Intelligence Quotient) theory focuses upon intelligence to determine the way children learn. Children’s ability to succeed academically and the ability to become societal leaders also influence IQ intelligence. Read more…
Education is an intentional act of encouraging learning activities through discovery and acquired knowledge. Education is not schooling, a teaching job, or a building where learning occurs. Many teachers view their profession as a method of drilling learning into students based on Read more…
Society uses education to send accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to the next. Education is the means for the process of socialization. The learning process and educational achievement are measured through different educational structures and forms. Every individual in Read more…
Pedagogy is the art or science of the teaching profession. It is also the principles, practice and work of a teacher. Education is the process that formulates an influence upon the mind, character or physical ability of a person. Formative means that Read more…
1. Learn about it. I’ve discovered the power of helping students find a motivation for learning. But, it is an unrealized or perceived need that is a motivator, not an “interest” or the merely novel. So, awaken in the learner’s Read more…