Formative assessment tools can be a part of every teacher’s toolbox. They needn’t be complicated or time-consuming. There are, however, a few things that are crucial to their effectiveness. We’ve put things in order to help you find what you’re looking for. First, we’ll define the characteristics of effective formative assessment. Then Read more…
Formal and informal assessments provide significant insight into students’ progress, curriculum effectiveness and teaching strategies. Although there has been recent parental pushback on overuse of standardized tests, the data collected from them does not drift off into the ether. One of the best ways to encourage parental and student buy-in Read more…
Step 1: Start with a question. What do you wonder about? What would you like to know? You might do some background research to learn more. It can help you define your question and decide what you want to discover. Step 2: Form a hypothesis. A hypothesis is an educated guess or Read more…
Science skills for learning Observing – This is the most fundamental of science skills. That’s because most students are born with five senses, which inform how they experience the world. Observation requires students to note the “big picture” and the fine details. Encourage your students to describe what they see in detail; Read more…
practice Test on this topic Predicting What Is It? Effective readers use pictures, titles, headings, and text—as well as personal experiences—to make predictions before they begin to read. Predicting involves thinking ahead while reading and anticipating information and events in the text. After making predictions, students can read through the text Read more…
The following are some strategies, principles and offer some proven tips that can make the student-centered learning environment a reality, and success, in your classroom. Turn your classroom into a community In a traditional classroom, the teacher speaks, the students listen. In a student-centered classroom, the students speak, the teacher Read more…
What is Project Based Learning? You can’t just slap a rubric and the term “project” on a class activity and call it Project Based Learning (PBL). According to Edutopia, PBL is “a dynamic classroom approach in which students actively explore real-world problems and challenges and acquire a deeper knowledge.” With true Read more…
Student-centered teaching and learning Student-Centered Teaching and Learning focuses on the needs, abilities, interests, and learning styles of the students and has many implications for the design of curriculum, course content, and interactivity of courses. Accordingly, a prominent pedagogy will be teacher-as-coach, to provoke students to learn how to learn Read more…
These are the few Ways to Improve Student Achievement and Create Learners : Disclaimer: This is by no means all that schools should be doing. Note that these are broad actions; there are many more detailed actions that need to be taken. 1. Share a Vision — Review your school’s Read more…
‘The whole purpose of differentiation is to look at the relevant skill levels of students and ask: “What are we going to do to increase depth, broaden, extend and improve upon the knowledge and the skill base of every student in the class, regardless of the starting point,”‘ explains Shane. Read more…