27 10, 2020

Don’t Reteach If You Don’t Know Why!

2023-11-16T01:42:40+00:00

In this article you will learn…

  • Reteaching cannot be effective and efficient if the teacher does not clearly understand what worked (and didn’t) during classroom instruction.
  • There should be more to data protocols than just identifying what kids didn’t learn and then reteach them.
  • To identify WHAT students have learned (or not) and WHY they have learned (or not, in order to determine HOW to reteach them effectively.
Don’t Reteach If You Don’t Know Why!2023-11-16T01:42:40+00:00
20 10, 2020

Act Like a Child: How to Promote Curiosity

2023-08-23T21:05:19+00:00

In this article you will learn…

  • That to support all students and make learning equitable, the academic environment needs to recognize, teach, and support behaviors that promote curiosity.
  • The classroom and teacher must make specific behaviors known to all students, acknowledge when students are exhibiting these behaviors, and nurture these behaviors in order to advance learning.
  • The strategies for promoting curiosity that can be used successfully at any grade level.
Act Like a Child: How to Promote Curiosity2023-08-23T21:05:19+00:00
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
21 09, 2020

How to Get Your Children Talking About Their Learning

2023-10-25T20:29:22+00:00

In this article, you will learn...

  • Metacognition is the side of learning that pushes students to increased academic growth, and it is the side of learning that parents and caregivers can support each and every day.
  • Parents and caregivers can support their child to own their learning by boosting their metacognition through conversations about their learning.
  • Where to find additional support for metacognitive conversations. (www.elevatedachievement.com).
How to Get Your Children Talking About Their Learning2023-10-25T20:29:22+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