How to Level Up Your Class Discussions
Elevate your class discussions with a proper vision, thorough planning, best practices, and class reflections.
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Elevate your class discussions with a proper vision, thorough planning, best practices, and class reflections.
How to Level Up Your Class Discussions Read More »
When you can’t avoid a long lecture, inject it with lots of short student activities and social interactions. Keep things interesting with your tone, pacing, movement, and questions. Doing even just some of these can make a long lecture more effective and go faster for your students.
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Teaching from the textbook does not have to painfully dry and boring! Incorporate problem solving, social learning, and opportunities for creativity to make textbook lessons more fun. Here are ten simple ways to do so.
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Use methods that employ direct teaching, social learning, wait times, and reflection to engage students actively in a read-aloud.
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A lot of the anxiety around tests can be easily avoided with the simple habit of studying for as little as ten to fifteen minutes per day (outside of homework). It’s such a useful habit that will take our students to success all the way to college and beyond. Studying daily helps students log the information into their long term memories. Studies have shown that it takes at least fourteen repetitions of interaction for the brain to learn new information. It will be more likely for students to learn something well if they give their brains exposure to the information daily. The sooner they start, the better.
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