Ms D is a data-driven teacher and her results are consistent, year upon year. That is mostly because she keeps a detailed record of her assessment data.
Mr X would always worry about his students’ results in assessments. The results were inconsistent and unpredictable.
Learning, at any level, doesn’t happen in isolation. Students learnt something in the past, they keep adding new knowledge to it, and then, eventually, learn to use this knowledge when the need arises.
Mr A, a grade 8 Maths teacher, is quite famous in his school for delivering excellent results consistently, year after year. According to him, any teacher who understands the purpose of assessments, can deliver results as good as his!
Vantage point is the point, generally a high place, that provides a good and clear view of the area we want to look at. The area is the assessment, in our case
Let’s start with the words. Any communication where words are involved is called verbal communication. The tone of voice, rate of speech, pitch and volume are all a part of how we say those words and all of them put together form paraverbal communication.
Jaime Escalante, a Bolivian-America mathematics teacher, came into the limelight when 18 of his students cracked the Advanced Placement Calculus exam with flying colours. If you like to watch inspirational movies, ‘Stand and Deliver’ (1988) is a must-watch movie based on his life as a teacher.
Learner behaviour is more or less their response to what they receive from their environment. While we cannot control the rest of the environment, we can definitely control what we provide to our learners as stimulus.
Learners in Ms D’s class are highly motivated. They engage in self-regulated learning, display positive behaviour, invest their effort in building social relationships, and are achievement oriented.
The physical environment of the classroom plays a crucial role in ensuring effective learning. Here are some Not-so-frequently Asked Questions that every teacher should ask to turn the physical classroom environment into the best possible learning resource.
As teachers, it is our responsibility to deliver instructions in a way that increases the students’ probability of achieving their learning outcomes successfully.
Interdisciplinary lesson planning can ensure the development of critical thinking skills in your learners.
