Mon, Dec 03, 2018 5:22 PM in Motivating Students
Make them responsible for their learning. Create a reward in your classroom that is outside the pass/fail. Maybe a pizza party, special privileges. Sometimes though if you have students that will refuse to do work you can not stop the flow of your classroom for one student. It is sad to leave someone behind, but don't compromise your whole class for one student.
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Mon, Dec 03, 2018 5:17 PM in Better informative assessment
I am a student teacher who just finished their first rounds of methods and one of my biggest struggles was creating an informative assessment of my student and their knowledge. I had very few students turn in HW and since I only taught science for one week it was not worth it to nag them about the work. What are better ways to gather written evidence of your student knowledge?
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Mon, Dec 03, 2018 5:11 PM in How can science be more fun and exciting for students?
Make it relatable. Make the subject matter to them. If it is about fossils have it be a fossil dig. Agriculture makes it about their states numbers. While having creative ideas is important making it relateable is also just as important.
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