Guides created to help educators make
meaningful classroom connections and leverage the Cha - Ching financial literacy videos and classroom activities.
Not exact matches
In my own
classroom, I've had to fight the magnetic pull of statistics, grades, and metrics that have drawn me away from
meaningful connections with my students.
Relevant,
meaningful activities that both engage students emotionally and connect with what they already know are what help build neural
connections and long - term memory storage (not to mention compelling
classrooms).
According to Hollingsworth, a great
classroom discussion requires three key elements: a clear purpose, strong question design, and
meaningful connections.
Robust
classroom discussions can bring learning to life for students, but these discussions require careful planning, clear purpose, strong question design, and
meaningful connections to ensure they have a lasting impact beyond the
classroom.
Video in the
classroom is powerful, because it has the ability to make the
classroom come alive, and make
meaningful learning experiences and
connections.
Making
connections to the
classroom ensures that students and teachers are making the most of their time and maximizing deep,
meaningful learning.
Teachers should offer: (1) collaborative learning, which entails collaborative intellectual exchanges among students and ensures that all
classroom participants are actively involved in the learning process; (2)
meaningful learning, which builds on student experiences and knowledge by making
connections to significant events in their lives; and (3) cultural resources, which pro-actively build on the cultural, family, and community assets, values and practices students bring from home (Boykin & Noguera, 2011; Ramani & Siegler, 2011; Yeager & Walton, 2011).
Acknowledging and / or assessing student learning from
Meaningful Student Involvement should happen throughout the activity, and clear
classroom learning
connections should be drawn whenever appropriate.