Students need periodic breaks to ease brain strain, and the perceived demand that they should always be on task is unrealistic.
Ministry of Education, Guyana
Eliminating Illeracy, Modernising Education & Strengthening Tolerance
Teaching Tips
Outstanding in Your Field: What It Takes to Be a Great Teacher
How does one advance from good teaching into greatness? It takes a tremendous deal of reflection and the will to change.
A Strategy for Boosting Student Engagement in Math
A four-step approach to group work can get students talking and boost their mathematical and metacognitive thinking.
Five Tips for Unleashing Student Creativity Through Writing
Expand the possibilities of journaling by encouraging students to doodle, diagram, or make flipbooks.
Generating Effective Questions
Four ways to come up with questions that guide students to engage deeply with class content. Plus: a pop quiz for you.
Creative Ways to Grade and Provide Feedback for Students
Students need feedback often and creating a system by rubber stamping work can provide visible and immediate proof of student progress.
Behavior Expectations and How to Teach Them
Instead of assigning disciplinary consequences when students don't meet behavior expectations, why not deal them as we would deal with academic failures and missteps?
