Teaching Outside the Box
How to Grab Your Students by Their Brains
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From seating plans to Shakespeare, Teaching Outside the Box offers practical strategies that will help both new teachers and seasoned veterans create dynamic classroom environments where students enjoy learning and teachers enjoy teaching. This indispensable book is filled with no-nonsense advice, checklists, and handouts as well as a step-by-step plan to make the first week of school a success; approaches for creating a positive discipline plan; methods for motivating students, especially reluctant readers; strategies for successful classroom management; and suggestions for creating and grading student portfolios.
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Students are far more likely to cooperate when they have the opportunity to provide feedback to their instructors about the level of difficulty, specific requirements, and the time allowed for completing their assignments.
Students are far more likely to cooperate when they have the opportunity to provide feedback to their instructors about the level of difficulty, specific requirements, and the time allowed for completing their assignments.
We often tell children that mistakes are ok because everybody makes them, but we then punish students academically for being less than perfect.
Teachers’ attitude toward their students is the primary factor in student success. When we believe that students can succeed, they can.
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