Sentences with phrase «open classroom discussions»

Skillfully manages lectures and promotes open classroom discussions to aid in student understanding of material.

The type of learning you're describing, with open classroom discussion, a lot of choice for students, inquiry - based learning, projects, it seems at odds with the kind of call - and - response, very teacher - directed style that you see at a lot of so - called «no excuses» charter schools that produce high test scores with disadvantaged populations.

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He follows a teaching philosophy that presents clear learning objectives, uses real - life examples to reinforce academic concepts, provides numerous opportunities for discussion and fosters an open and supportive classroom environment.

Open up the classroom for discussion about challenges and ask successful students to voluntarily share their solutions.

This can take many forms in the classroom — low - stakes multiple - choice formative assessment, group discussion, open - ended essay prompts, etc. — and it can occur at the beginning of class, as a transition activity, or to end class.

These teachers have opened their classrooms to visitors, to video cameras, to new assessments, to discussion about their practice.

The novel tackles difficult themes such as racism, alcoholism, parental separation and terrorism and has proved to be an extremely good book to open up discussion in the classroom.

I have opened the doors of my classroom to colleagues and engaged in authentic discussions of teaching and learning.

Their conversation opened up discussion on the impact this form can have on instructional practice, especially as it related to teacher capacity and willingness to incorporate greater student voice and choice in the classroom assessments.

Professional development needs to be provided for teachers who may not be comfortable engaging their students using new technologies such as discussion boards in their classrooms, in open discussions of difficult issues (e.g., slavery), or in examining how the video portions of a VFT act as historical sources with values and perspectives from the present as well as the past.

Their strategy - let's eliminate experimentation, hands on learning, open and stuimulating discussion within the classroom between peers and the teacher - and spend all of our money and all of our time on FCAT.

Therefore, opening a classroom for discussion without first showing students how to respectfully deliberate may be detrimental to teachers» greater civic goals.

Students meet daily with their adviser and 10 - 12 of their peers for open discussion, ranging from challenges and celebrations in the classroom, to family issues.

More than 20 years ago, the National TURN began convening classroom teachers and teacher leaders for a series of open discussions around the country.

As I watched the video, I thought about the rich discussions, open - ended speculative questions, ample think time and supportive feeling tone that I find in the classrooms of the teachers at my school.

They learned to keep their focus on evidence, not judgment, and to express «wonderings» about what they saw, allowing for open discussion of the classroom evidence.

The narrow focus on cycling will open up broader thought and discussion about women's history, making this a strong, high - interest choice for both classroom and personal reading.

The guide includes a discussion of learning science, the use of inquiry in the classroom, instructions for making simple weather instruments, and more than 20 weather investigations ranging from teacher - centered to guided and open inquiry investigations.

But that shouldn't come at the expense of open and frank classroom discussion.

The present research examined in how far a positive social - emotional classroom climate, namely perceptions of community in class and fairness of teachers, furthers students» democratic experiences in school (i.e., open classroom climate for discussion, opportunities to participate in school decisions).