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Some Teaching Epiphanies
5 Realizations that Improved my Math Teaching When I was a first year math teacher, I had two Geometry classes. The students were supposed to memorize and correctly apply the […]
Celebrate Your Students’ Success
If we claim that a child’s education is most important, why don’t we celebrate it the same way that we do with other accomplishments? Listen to the morning announcements at […]
Give Students as Long as They Need
How many repetitions does it take to learn a new skill? I’ve heard various reports all saying between 15 and 30. But the truth is, that is true only under […]
We Penalize Failure, but Don’t Expect Mastery
“The traditional teaching model penalizes failure, but does not expect mastery.” ~ Salman Khan, of KhanAcademy.org If you had told me several years ago, that my teaching style penalized students […]
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 […]
Teacher Tip – Starting the Class Right
Would you believe that one of the most effective strategies that you can implement that will help ensure quality instruction and effective classroom management is to start the class correctly? […]
Teacher Time Saver Tip – Grading the Do Now
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 […]
Teacher Time-saver Hack – Grading Homework
Grading papers can be time consuming and exhausting. Not to mention that when it takes a long time to grade and return, that reviewing homework often loses its impact as […]
Regain Control of Your Classroom – the shakeup
I once had a class that was constantly talking when they weren’t supposed to. I would be teaching, they would talk. They were supposed to do an assignment, but they […]