Make Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Work for You!
…spirit is finally appreciated and the student just blossoms under your attention. If the self-fulfilling prophecy is really at work in the universe, let’s make sure it’s working in our…
…spirit is finally appreciated and the student just blossoms under your attention. If the self-fulfilling prophecy is really at work in the universe, let’s make sure it’s working in our…
Is homework effective? Educators seem to be evenly split on this question. Some insist that homework is essential because students need to review and practice skills at home. Others argue…
…can create your own worksheets, or use math word problem worksheets from the one of the books in the Daily Math Puzzler series. The worksheets are divided into quadrants, and…
Dr. Howard Gardner first proposed Multiple Intelligence (MI) theory over 40 years ago, suggesting that IQ is not one-dimensional, and that it can’t be described by a single number. Instead,…
…interactive activity to the book. Ask your students to NUMBER their pages in order to be able to use their table of contents effectively. When Do I Use IN In…
…Wikipedia article may not be 100% accurate. After your students read the article, work together as a class to create a Venn diagram to compare and contrast the two versions…
…period, I pulled out the papers and checked off the names of those who had turned in their work. It was easy to see whose work was missing, and I…
…get school like work done as well? I visited Whatever DeeDee Wants to remind myself how her version of Chore Sticks works. After a little thought and planning, I jumped…
…month of school because he knew teachers have endless amounts of paperwork. Although we were asked to stay in the classroom, we were allowed to work on paperwork or other…
…engineering challenges give students a safe place to experience failure and to learn from attempts that don’t work. When their first prototype doesn’t work, they just create a new one,…
…to grade, but not so easy to interpret. Students don’t have a place next to each problem to show their work, so you’re left guessing as to the reason they…
…to find their own. When working with younger students, I simply point out the math I found in the stories we read together, and invite them to help me solve…
