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Hilary Phukan

Some Ideas for Motivating Students - 0 views

www.virtualsalt.com/motivate.htm

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  • they do not understand what to do or why they should do it. Teachers should spend more time explaining why we teach what we do, and why the topic or approach or activity is important and
    • Hilary Phukan
      Hilary Phukan on 11 Nov 10
       
      Students need to have a purpose/reason- jumping through hoops does not motivate many students.
  • Everyone likes the feeling of accomplishment and recognition; rewards for good work produce those good feelings.
    • Hilary Phukan
      Hilary Phukan on 11 Nov 10
       
      I have found that in many cases it is the praise or acknowledgement of good behavior or good work- the reward is physical evidence of that- the kids do not care about the value of the reward. In fact often the crummier the reward the more they enjoy it.
  • If you can make something fun, exciting, happy, loving, or perhaps even a bit frightening, students will learn more readily and the learning will last much longer
    • Hilary Phukan
      Hilary Phukan on 11 Nov 10
       
      This makes me think of some of the field work our students have experienced- makes learning more relevant.
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  • One of the major keys to motivation is the active involvement of students in their own learning.
    • Hilary Phukan
      Hilary Phukan on 12 Nov 10
       
      This sounds a lot like expeditionary learning.
    • Hilary Phukan
      Hilary Phukan on 12 Nov 10
       
      This sounds a lot like expeditionary learning.
  • Attending to need satisfaction is a primary method of keeping students interested and happy.
    • Hilary Phukan
      Hilary Phukan on 12 Nov 10
       
      Yes, if the student does not have needs met and feel they are safe/secure then learning does not happen.
  • Siri Anderson on 11 Nov 10
     
    Student motivation issues? Consider these ideas.
Siri Anderson

Curriculum Update:Differentiating Instruction:Differentiating Instruction - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...fferentiating-Instruction.aspx

differentiation best-practice What works

shared by Siri Anderson on 10 Nov 10 - No Cached
  • Differentiated instruction is a teaching philosophy based on the premise that teachers should adapt instruction to student differences. Rather than marching students through the curriculum in lockstep, teachers should modify their instruction to meet students' varying readiness levels, learning preferences, and interests.
  • Siri Anderson on 10 Nov 10
     
    A nice overview of differentiated instruction.
Siri Anderson

5051IR_Beat_the_odds.pdf (application/pdf Object) - 1 views

www.mcrel.org/...5051IR_Beat_the_odds.pdf

research ROI What works school-improvement

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  • Siri Anderson on 03 Nov 10
     
    Key components of schools that beat the odds.
Siri Anderson

Marzano's Instructional Strategies - 1 views

www.tltguide.ccsd.k12.co.us/...Strategies.html

homework best-practice

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  • Siri Anderson on 11 Nov 10
     
    Marzano's meta analysis of "what works" studies created a short list of practices that were demonstrated to have a consistent and significant effect size on student learning outcomes. Homework is one of those. Get ideas here on homework technology resources and see the other practices in Marzano's list.
Siri Anderson

Differentiated Instruction with UDL | National Center on Accessible Instructional Mater... - 3 views

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differentiation Pedagogy UDL CAST

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  • The instructional concepts should be broad-based, not focused on minute details or unlimited facts. Teachers must focus on the concepts, principles and skills that students should learn. The content of instruction should address the same concepts with all students, but the degree of complexity should be adjusted to suit diverse learners.
    • Siri Anderson
      Siri Anderson on 12 Nov 10
       
      I often find that teachers struggle to identify different concent for learners because they are overly focused on the facts of the assessment rather than the concepts in the standard. If we can always articulate to learners what they are going to learn in broad terms we may be better able to see that the concept can be covered at varying levels of complexity. I found with middle school students the easiest content differentiation was providing different reading materials to different students about the same theme.
  • Differentiated instruction is a process to teaching and learning for students of differing abilities in the same class.
  • Siri Anderson on 10 Nov 10
     
    If you don't know CAST or UDL consider this.
  • Siri Anderson on 11 Nov 10
     
    This UDL site seems super relevant to our work.
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