Sentences with phrase «teaching students how»

Overall, the vast majority of these teachers say a top priority in today's classrooms should be teaching students how to «judge the quality of online information.»

Throughout her time in education, Jessica has launched Student Government Associations for elementary and middle school students alike; teaching students how to use their knowledge and voices to create change in their school and in their community.

Teaching students how to adapt their approach to a text based on its content area is a key part of comprehension.

Course participants will master advanced strategies for teaching students how to close read complex texts, and, relatedly, for facilitating productive classroom discussion centered on those texts.

When starting out, focus first on teaching your students how to work in pairs.

Key to the Stepping Stones structure is teaching students how to think, rather than what to think.

Explore the following list of iPad apps to gather ideas about using tablets as a medium for teaching students how to help others.

Through this investigation, I learned that providing a scaffold and teaching students how to use a scaffold are not the same thing.

A PowerPoint lesson lasting about an hour teaching students how to write a thank you letter.

As the focus on standards - readiness grows, educators need reassurance that they're not just teaching students how to pass a test, but also supporting their exploration, creativity, and deep understanding of applied knowledge.

It begins with some familiar vocabulary, placed in context and ends with teaching students how to go through a first encounter with someone

MICK COPE RUNS AN ORGANISATION CALLED WIZ OZ AND THIS IS FROM HIS WEBSITE - A BRILLIANT INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING STUDENTS HOW TO CREATE AND THE STAGES YOU HAVE TO GO THROUGH TO ACHIEVE IT

She outlines several ways that teachers and school leaders can incorporate peace education into their work, teaching students how to be empathetic, responsible, and active learners and leaders:

«Although formal classes are cancelled for the day, our yellow - themed fun fair aims to build on the school's mental health and wellbeing programs that are teaching students how to cope with life's many stresses,» she said.

Now that computer science is the highest paid career for college graduates, it is time to stop teaching students how to push the buttons and start teaching them how to make the buttons.

Following the 2006 Rose Report, primary schools were required to use synthetic phonics as «the first and main strategy» for teaching students how to read.

Teaching students how to grow veggies is one way to link science to the real world.

Perhaps even more important than the impact of social networking on the classroom, however is the impact that the classroom can have on social networking, by teaching students how to be responsible «digital citizens» online.

Here are some tools for teaching students how to become metacognitive readers.

Fortunately, teaching students how to set goals is easy.

The school has been drawing on the expertise of the Department of Fisheries WA's Perth Office, who have been teaching students how to best use this equipment in their lessons.

Unfortunately, as schools have concentrated on teaching students how to use computers to obtain and produce information, they have paid little attention to teaching them how to type on the keyboard quickly, accurately, and with correct technique.

While schools have worked hard to integrate computers into the classroom and many do a great job teaching students how they work, many schools do not even consider teaching the art / science of using a keyboard.

I was fortunate enough to go to the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, which really focused on teaching students how to learn and think independently, without the restricting notion that there might be only one way.

This mini-lesson includes a simple explanation in teaching your students how to write their opinions.

Mosaic of Thought, by Ellin Keane and Nancy Zimmerman: the primer for teaching students how to read using the strategies that all good readers use.

She adds that blogs or online peer editing can be invaluable when teaching students how to write AP level essays.

«I was teaching students how to write a report, illustrate it, and place it in a simple word document,» Snyder explained.

Unfortunately, yes — but I think it should be used after teaching students how to use their judgment, discretion, and common sense when using the Internet,» noted Jennifer Wagner.

The Common Core Learning Standards describe the importance of teaching students how to comprehend informational text.

An important aspect of inquiry - based learning is teaching students how to ask deeper questions.

In 2014, Gutierrez introduced a sexual citizenship program with the aim of reducing teenage pregnancies and teaching his students how to recognise what sexual abuse is.

Explicitly teaching students how to approach and write their assessment = great results!

This app is perfect for teaching students how to shop smart, choose healthy foods, and even think about the way products are marketed.

Too many black students, even those in predominantly white schools, continue to trail their white peers; too many schools have remained segregated for too long; too little attention is being given to teaching students how to read, write, and calculate.

Scavenger hunts, or treasure hunts, have quickly become one of the most popular tools for teaching students how to access and use the resources and information available on the Internet.

Want to learn in one day the easy program for teaching students how to write?

Revisit orthographic drawings by teaching students how to create and present plans for their golf holes.

Both Chandler and Noe agree that modeling the various roles within a small group in front of the whole class is an effective way of teaching students how those roles allow the group to function.

«It is also important to bear in mind that there is more to this than simply teaching students how to code; it is about encouraging computational thinking in students, including logic and problem solving» says James.

Most importantly, it takes seriously what it means to understand the relationship between how we learn and how we act as individual and social agents; that is, it is concerned with teaching students how not only to think but to come to grips with a sense of individual and social responsibility, and what it means to be responsible for one's actions as part of a broader attempt to be an engaged citizen who can expand and deepen the possibilities of democratic public life.

Every moment is a teachable moment, every teacher should be teaching their students how to harness and expand the power in their hands in productive ways.

For instance, we teach information about key science concepts rather than teaching students how to look at and think about the world around them with those concepts, which supposedly comes later.

A fun and compelling lesson teaching students how to skim read and take effective notes.

This is by teaching students how to love challenges and learning and how to cope with and capitalize on setbacks.

Keep these concepts in mind when teaching students how to approach creating digital content, from activities as simple as formatting a letter, to drafting an email, to creating multi-media projects, and more.

An invaluable collection of 6 example student opinion articles, one headline / strapline / engaging opening worksheet and one powerpoint teaching students how to use text A and text B in their own articles.

Goal Setting Made Easy Teaching students how to set goals is easy with Goal Setting 101, a 3 - part article that describes the process, and the Goal Tracker booklet, a student journal for recording goals and focusing on action steps.

Teaching our students how to sift through all the topical information available to them on the world wide web is a valuable tool.

Davis, a computer science teacher and IT integrator, celebrates Computer Science Education Week with an extensive list of year - round resources for teaching students how to code.