21 Days to Be a Better Math Teacher (Challenge)
The 21 Days to be a Better Math Teacher is for all teachers interested in improving their skills as a math teacher. Each day you will receive a short training, […]
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The Entire Curriculum Myth
ARE WE FOCUSSED ON THE GROWTH? For years I fell victim to ‘the entire curriculum in a year myth.’ It caused me to rush through lessons, freak out when I […]
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 […]
How to Create and Implement Learning Stations – Online Course
Enroll in the Course Here Would you like to have more engaged students, with less classroom management issues? Differentiate your remediation so that you can reach each student effectively, and […]
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 […]
The Value of Immediate Feedback
One of the most important resources you can provide to someone learning a new skill is instant feedback. No matter what skill you’re trying to learn, having someone immediately tell […]
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 […]
How I Discovered Learning Stations
I use learning stations in my classroom to differentiate my instruction. I don’t differentiate in the sense that different students are doing different tasks on the same skill; I actually […]
Get Great Gains from Your At Risk Students
How I got a Room Full of At-Risk Students to Crush the State Scores A Room Full of At-Risk Students At my current school, I teach remedial math for students […]