Wed, Dec 12, 2018 12:02 AM in How to Motivate
I am Kyle Skillings, an elementary education major from the University of Northern Iowa. I am heading into my student teaching experience this spring and share the concern of engagement and motivation in the classroom. I think science is a great model for motivation. It's hands on and has a natural- relevant connection to real life because science is a subject that requires discovering life. ...
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Tue, Dec 11, 2018 11:55 PM in Co- Teaching
Hey, I am Kyle Skillings, an elementary education major at the University of Northern Iowa. Co-teaching is as beneficial as the amount of work you and your co-teacher put in. If there's no effort given towards the idea of co-teaching, then you find your self in a disjunct situation or even butting heads with your co-teacher. The best things to think of when co-teaching is communication and pl...
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Thu, Nov 08, 2018 2:33 AM in classroom management during experiments
I am an Elementary Education major at the University of Northern Iowa. I would say the best approach to a managed classroom in accordance to science content would be to keep the students involved and interested. Have students formulate questions based on what they want to learn. Have classroom discussions where rules and expectations are set in order for everyone to talk and share their experienc...
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