Tag: teaching
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Timing those questions
Have you ever wondered what the students in your class are thinking as you give instructions or content? Or do you just teach, ask a few questions at the end and then set students off to work? Have you ever considered re thinking how you ask questions to your students? Have you ever tried: “Do…
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Student directed learning
When your bright and gifted students and moving beyond the curriculum through achievement of the outcomes or even when they are moving within the outcomes, we need think more creatively as to how we can support them so they develop skills as future problem solvers and creative thinkers. Weekly self check Rather than continue on…
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Adding challenge to a passion project
Passion projects are a bit of a buzz word and can be lots of fun for students to take part in – they get to choose what they study and also how the present it. But are they learning? When we create passion projects we need to make sure that there is: Challenge Limited amount…
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Programming for challenge
When we start a new year or a new topic most teachers are lucky enough to be given a program from the year before to use. This can be fantastic as it saves time and also inspires ideas for the current year but there are many things we need to do before we use the…
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Asking open ended questions
Open ended questions and activities are what gets kids moving, excited and engaged. What are open ended questions? Open ended questions are those that have a myriad of responses. Open ended questions allow us to embrace different ways of thinking and responding and can often, at times, waken our own thinking up as we learn…
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Ease off the drill and practice
In this time of remote learning I have noticed one of my children has been set a lot of drill and practice activities for mathematics. Drill and practice has a place, even for our bright and gifted students – but not an overload. Once a person has understood the concept, drill and practice is no…
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Are there underachievers in your classroom? Part One.
An underachiever is a student who is not achieving to their potential. The underachieving gifted student is too common in classrooms today due to various factors , of which many we can change. Why underachieving gifted students? Many might think if a student is gifted then they find work easy, always want to do their…
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Building resilient learners
Without considering learning difficulties or underachievement, many gifted students cruise through their schooling years. I come across many gifted students who just cannot cope with a challenging task – although they are gifted, have tested highly or are anecdotal extremely able. They cry, they misbehave, they say ‘I’m hopeless’ at the drop of a challenging…
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Supporting your gifted students from Non-English speaking backgrounds.
In every school there will be students from a Non English speaking background and from this group there will be gifted students. We need to outline, in every school policy: What a Gifted NESB student looks like. Acquire the new language at a faster than typical rate, Demonstrate an ability to…
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