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13 10, 2020

The Best Way to Motivate Students While Distance Learning

2020-10-13T20:20:29+00:00

In this article, you will learn that...

  • Many common strategies for motivating students can backfire.
  • Motivation is a skill that can be taught.
  • The best way to increase student motivation is by helping students develop an ownership mindset.
The Best Way to Motivate Students While Distance Learning2020-10-13T20:20:29+00:00
15 09, 2020

How Parents and Caregivers Can Elevate Their Child’s Achievement

2023-09-20T21:55:40+00:00

In this article you will learn:

  • That for students to be successful they need to have ownership of their learning. In other words, they must be able to self-direct, self-evaluate, self-reflect, and self-control their own learning.
  • A parent’s and caregiver’s role is not to be the teacher but to motivate their child to clearly know what they are learning, how they are learning it, and how well they are learning it. In other words, their role is to support their child in taking ownership of their learning.
  • How to use specially designed resources and tools to support student ownership at home.
How Parents and Caregivers Can Elevate Their Child’s Achievement2023-09-20T21:55:40+00:00
24 08, 2020

Building Math Metacognition in Three Easy Steps

2023-09-20T23:40:15+00:00

In this article you will learn:

  • Why mathematics standards were intentionally designed with two types: Standards for Mathematical Content and Standards for Mathematical Practice.
  • Building metacognition in math can be achieved when teachers understand and integrate the content and practice standards, determine the grade-level progressions of the practice standards, and support students to use these practices on a daily basis through direct conversations about math.
  • It is imperative that we teach our students to think like mathematicians by asking questions that foster metacognition and teach them to speak like mathematicians when making ownership statements that demonstrate that they are actively integrating both cognitive and metacognitive skills, both mathematical content and mathematical practice.
Building Math Metacognition in Three Easy Steps2023-09-20T23:40:15+00:00
20 07, 2020

How Teachers Can Prioritize Their Many, Many Decisions

2023-08-18T01:13:21+00:00

In this article you will learn...

  • The key role of the teacher is to design and deliver effective and efficient lessons for all students based on the best practices regarding curriculum, instruction, assessment, and the climate and culture of the classroom, be it a physical, a virtual, or a blended learning environment.
  • For every lesson, the teacher must prioritize and make these decisions–What will my students learn? Why are they learning this? How will they continue to use it? How will my students learn it? How will my students show that they have learned it? What is the student’s role in the learning?
  • Each decision will impact other decisions and it is the teacher’s job to decide how these four areas of curriculum, instruction, assessment, and climate work together to ensure that there is the highest likelihood of a student learning.
How Teachers Can Prioritize Their Many, Many Decisions2023-08-18T01:13:21+00:00
16 07, 2020

How to Proactively Plan for Any Learning Environment

2020-09-01T20:53:38+00:00

In this article, you will learn...

  • The benefits of proactive planning for any learning environment.
  • The phases of the learning process.
  • How to leverage the phases of the learning process when planning and teaching to empower students in their learning.
How to Proactively Plan for Any Learning Environment2020-09-01T20:53:38+00:00