Active learning isn't too far away with these 12 active learning strategies that support the learning process! Examples of active learning include class discussion, peer instruction, reciprocal questioning, game-based learning, Socratic questioning, exit tickets, and think-pair-share. Using active

How the cone of learning fosters sensory integration and creates active learners.

Five Phases of Educational Treatment Interacting with the LearnerIt is imperative that all individuals with multiple special needs be given the opportunity to participate in educational programming that meets the learner's developmental needs. In her book Are You Blind? Dr. Nielsen describes how some children with multiple special needs exhibit severe anxiety or behavioral challenges

Really, could I help being nosy when I happened upon Master Teacher Lisa lining up chairs in the hallway? Were her students going to play musical chairs? This I had to see. How fortuitous to come …

Teaching active learning is a tough job. Read more for ideas on modifying activities for active learning and adjust your instruction.

Little Room By Dr. Lilli Nielsen The “Little Room” is designed to give blind infants, children with slow development, severely disabled children and children with combinations of disabilities the possibility to gain the ability of reaching, the beginning of the understanding of space, and early object concept.Non-handicapped children are reaching for objects when they are

Teaching active learning is a tough job. Read more for ideas on modifying activities for active learning and adjust your instruction.

A blog post about using Kagan cooperative learning structures within Computing lessons.

When Things Go Wrong Occasionally an individual will get stuck in a specific part of the Dynamic Learning Circle. This can lead to disruptive behaviors, self-stimulation, or other problems in learning. It is important to recognize when this happens and to know what to do to help the child get back on track.Patty Obrzut Talks

This infographic presents twelve ways you can shake up and energize learning with tried and true instructional strategies.

Learn about how to put cooperative learning structures in place to facilitate teamwork, focus and reinforced group interest in a variety of disciplines.

The Feynman technique aims to simplify complex learnings by breaking them down into smaller parts. The technique can help you understand...

The Active Learning and Student Performance Infographic presents how students in an active learning environment demonstrate better improvement in conceptual understanding.

Last week I gave a test on proofs. It went poorly. As I graded them I felt badly for rushing the test to get it in before the end of the quarter. When I returned them, I apologized for giving the test before everyone was ready but made sure to say that I was sharing the blame, they needed to take responsibility too and tell me when they didn't understand what we were doing. I've had a better sense of what everyone knows from regular quizzes this year, but I try to make those 3 short questions while the test has multi-step and cumulative problems, which is where everyone got stuck. All this was fine, until I started reading their test corrections. The first question on the page asks "How did you study for the test?" Page after page had answers such as "I didn't" or "I read my notes" or "I flipped through notes right before the test." Now I know that most high schoolers don't know how to study for math, so from the beginning of the year I talk about how to organize notes into two columns with vocab on one side and definitions on the other so they can easily skim and quiz themselves. We make a study guide together the class before the test (which gives them 2 nights to study thanks to block scheduling). I make them write out the study guide even if they have nice notes because I know (and share) that the act of writing helps implant information in the brain. I talk to them about active vs. passive methods of studying. I specifically assign the practice test in the book. But, after all of this I get "I looked over my notes" as the sole method of studying. I no longer felt guilty for rushing the test, but frustrated with my students for not taking responsibility by preparing for the test. So, I decided I must not be enough of an expert- I'd need something more official or more flashy to convince them. So today I provided just that. First I took this article (direct link to pdf: How to Study Math by Paul Dawkins) and broke it into 4 sections. We did a jigsaw where each kid was assigned a page to read and annotate (underline things you currently do, circle things you could do for the next test) and compared notes with people who read the same page. Then, they got into groups of four and shared out. This activity made me want to be an English teacher - they read, made notes and talked to each other! All of English must be so easy! Then I came back to my senses, I don't envy English teachers at all, but it was fun to read and discuss something. How to Study Math After students shared a few of the most interesting parts of their page with the whole class I showed them this diagram: **Edit (8/6/12 7:30 pm) I just found out the Cone of Learning has no basis in research. Debating if I should white out the percents or toss it entirely. I hope that the quote and the percentages really hit home. Maybe now they'll start practicing vocabulary words as soon as they get them? And do actual practice problems since the best way to learn is by doing? Maybe? At the very least it was a productive 30 minutes of students reflecting on how they study and being exposed to some other options from sources other than me (who they have to listen to every day). I'll let you know how the next test goes!

Whilst working on some other projects at school, I wanted to finally post this to a searchable resource that instructors and other educators can use. This is a combination of my most two recent pos…

You’ve done your thesis plan. You’ve written for weeks. And weeks. But now, despite your very best planning, you find yourself at a point where that carefully thought out thesis road m…

Need some fun, active learning activities for teaching prepositions in Kindergarten, first grade, or second grade? This post has 5 ideas to get you started!

I've been asked about this a few times recently, since I am not so secretly disappointed that the community I live in is not as supportive and enthusiastic about the ideas and implications of physiological birth as I wish they were. This is a nice way of saying, I whine a lot about people choosing to birth in ways that I think are way less than optimal. We are offering our 5 week class for free for locals next month in hopes of helping shift the culture here, even if just a fraction of an inch. But I was prepping

Grammar and practice. Introduction to passive voice with work on verb to be, tenses and exercises. Present and Past simple Exercises (3 exercises) Exercise 2 Change these sentences from active t…

How to choose the right eLearning method? In this article, you can see the factors and elements that will help you decide on the right eLearning programs for effective learning.

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“Deep learning is the central principle of Curriculum for Excellence. It involves knowledge and understanding and the skills to apply knowledge in useful ways.” High Order Skills Excellence Group F…

Kagan strategies are nothing new – if you haven’t been to a conference then surely you know a teacher who has. I was one of those teachers that absorbed all the information teachers could give me about Kagan Learning since I was never lucky enough to attend. While I pushed cooperative learning and being interactive, […]

I've been teaching sociology for three years, now, and almost immediately, I stumbled upon Introsocsite. It's a fantastic resource for any sociology teacher.

This post has 5 activities to make teaching adverbs FUN! Some of these activities will also help students learn to use adverbs in their writing.

Guiding inquiry-based learning centers learning on a solving a particular problem or answering a central question.

This cooperative learning strategy has been around for decades, but how well do you really know it?

A list of cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, CBT interventions & more.

Right from the sentence structure, tenses, voice, usage of prepositions, nouns etc. there are many rules that have to be followed. Learn everything about the usage of passive voice and active voice. Learn how and why to change from passive voice to active voice and more!

An A2 listening activity about some useful inventions. It is also useful to practice the passive. Script, key, audio file link and QR code provided as usual. :) - ESL worksheets

The 4 learning modalities are: 1. Visual 2. Auditory 3. Kinesthetic 4. Tactile. Students may learn best through one modality and worse through others.

Do you get stressed trying to squeeze in all the curriculum you need to cover? This is Deanna from A Primary Owl and believe me this is my daily struggle! I teach third grade and the amount of Social Studies and Science topics we have to cover is crazy....plus we take District Assessments over all these topics so nothing can be skipped or else my students will bomb the tests. One of my go-to strategies is one that has been around a long time, it's one of those oldies but goodies. So when I am crunched for time, I have my students JIGSAW the topics and let THEM be the experts. They love this part, I tell them they are going to be the teachers. Third graders just eat that up:) STEP ONE: Here is a great website that can give you the break down of all the steps but the first thing I decide is how I want to break apart the material being studied. Often for me, it is a chapter in a textbook. For example, right now we are studying the Habitats of Georgia so I divided the groups into the different regions. STEP TWO: Then decide how many students will need to be in each group. I let my students pick the group they want to be in but you can also assign groups. Then give the groups their guidelines on how they are going to study and present the material. This is where large chart paper comes in handy! I almost always have my groups make a chart. STEP THREE: After each group has time to study the material and decide how to "teach" it, it is time to do the presenting. The idea is that you take one expert from each group and form the JIGSAW groups, where each person presents their material to a small group. Sometimes, I have the groups present to the class as a whole (depending on the subject matter and how many groups I have). STEP FOUR: One important step, is to make sure you have a way for students to demonstrate what they learned from each group. You may want them to take notes as each person presents, or have a short formative assessment. FREEBIE: This strategy works so well and students love it. They enjoy learning from their peers and I love being able to cover topics in an efficient way. You can get a copy of my planning guide by clicking the picture: So don't forget about this awesome strategy the next time you're trying to squeeze it all in! Don't forget to keep checking back with us, we've got some great tips for fall coming up!

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Cooperative learning. Find out what it's all about and get some great resources to help you use this strategy well in your classroom.