Teaching Strategies, Tactics, and Methods
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How to Help Your Learners Develop a Growth Mindset
Description A growth mindset focuses on teaching learners that they have the power to improve and succeed if they put effort into it. The ... -
How to Implement Game-Based Learning in Your Classroom
Kids should encounter six different stages of play leading up to cooperative activities with others. Each stage should help with the development of skills ... -
How to Implement Reciprocal Teaching in Your Classroom
Description Reciprocal teaching involves having learners facilitate their small group lessons. It is usually utilized in reading lessons. The instructor first models how to ... -
How to Implement Gamification in Your Classroom
Description Gamification involves integrating elements of gameplay into your lessons. This can be something as easy as creating a competition out of a mathematics ... -
How to Use Summative Assessments in Your Classroom
Description Summative assessments occur at the end of a curriculum unit and are often the formal final/overall grading of a learner’s knowledge. They are ... -
How to Use Formative Assessments in Your Classroom
Description Formative assessment involves assessing learners’ learning during the learning process, not only at the end. Formative assessments can occur at one point in ... -
How to Implement Flexible Seating in Your Classroom
Description Flexible seating allows learners to select from several seating options, including traditional desks, tables, and chairs, or soft seating like couches and beanbags. ... -
How to Implement De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats in Your Classroom
Description De Bono’s six thinking hats strategy asks learners to view an issue from multiple perspectives and vantage points. Depending on the hat a ... -
How to Implement Poster Presentations in Your Classroom
Description A poster presentation is an effective way to demonstrate knowledge and skills at the end of a lesson or unit. Provide learners with ... -
How to Implement Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) into Your Classroom
Description For this strategy, the instructor may pair an excellent reader with a struggling one to help learners finish activities created to promote the ...
