Elementary school teachers teach me a great deal. Some of my normal classroom routines come directly from [elementary level teachers]; they all have their roots in elementary school classrooms.
In his short article on motivating students, Dr. Marv Marshall writes: A very important difference between the two types of motivation concerns building characteristics and values such as integrity, kindness, generosity, caring, perseverance, and responsibility.
K-W-L in its own right is one of those nifty practical ideas that teachers can pick up quickly and start using the following morning, probably explaining why it became so popular. But, like other teaching strategies that are deceptively radical in their implications, K-W-L is also easily corrupted – and often implemented so poorly as to undermine any meaningful benefit.
Why do I say that K-W-L, used properly, is actually radical?