When teachers employ technology in education, like using device-based timers in their classroom, something amazing happens. (Click below to access the brief article.)
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.
Click below to read the brief, but important, article.
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.
Click below to read the brief, but important, article.
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?
"I don’t worry as much as I did before. I worry less because I let my students do more stuff than in the past. Here is a list of 7 things that I currently permit my students to do that I would never have allowed as a first year teacher."