Flattening the "Forgetting Curve"
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Why do students easily forget what they just learned?
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Creative Alternatives to Showing Movies
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Yes, Virginia, there are alternatives to showing movies before break!
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Keeping It Fresh Before the Break!
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Keep learning and yourself fresh before the break!
Read MoreExit Tickets in 3-2-1
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Exit Tickets can be as easy as 3-2-1
Read MoreBest Practices for Responding to Student Answers
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Do you want better student responses to your questions?
Read MoreQuality Feedback
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What is in your feedback?
Read MoreImplementing Student Response Cards
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Check out these simple steps to implement student response cards in your classroom.
Read MoreTeaching Team Work Made Easy
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Teaching team work made easy!
Read MoreAre Team Work and Collaboration Synonymous?
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Are team work and collaboration the same?
Read MoreThe 5Es of Student Engagement
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The 5Es for greater student engagement and all around awesomeness!
Read MoreLearning from Failure
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Go ahead! Let them fail and point it out!
Read MoreNew Year, New or Refreshed Learning Goals
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Taking advantage of the new calendar year to renew or refresh student learning goals? Our infographic is a great supporting resource!
Read MoreSeven Characteristics of Powerful Feedback
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Up your Feedback game with our groovy infographic!
Read MoreGrowth Mindset Language
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Thank you, congratulations, and growth mindset language in the classroom!
Read MoreHelping Learners Construct Knowledge
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Contemplating a constructivist instructional approach? We have an infographic for that!
Read MoreLearner-Led Conferences
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Considering learner-led conferences? Click for a nifty infographic!
Read MoreFormative Assessment Toolkit
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What is in your formative assessment toolkit? Check out our list of 60 formative instructional strategies!
Read MoreGetting Students Involved
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Fresh ideas for fostering student involvement can be challenging. Today’s infographic provides a colorful refresher!
Read MoreTargeted Feedback
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Feedback is something you do day in and day out. Why not make it better to make your job easier? Watch the video, then meet me below.
Effective feedback = aligned to sub-objective + references a specific skill/knowledge + timely
Not so hot:
Good job, nice model, very good, you are right, try again.
Better:
I noticed here (point) that your product is less than your factor. Let's look at your strategy for multiplying.
The model you drew for the moon phases is accurate and labeled properly if the sun is where?
You identified the theme accurately, however, I am struggling to see that you have justified it with evidence. Can you go back into the text and tell me what made you decide that?
Once your feedback rocks and is individualized:
Teach students to use resources (e.g. rubrics, exemplars, checklists) to assess themselves and provide their own feedback to advance learning.
The following resources will support you further in your feedback journey.
5 Research-Based Tips for Providing Students with Meaningful Feedback By Marianne Stenger
20 Ways To Provide Effective Feedback For Learning By TeachThought Staff
Teaching Strategies: The Essentials of Giving Feedback By Jordan Catapano
PBIS
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Create an environment to be proud of.
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