—Dr. Tim Kanold(Turning Vision into Action) Big Take-Away =Set the Vision, Help people advance the Vision, Celebrate Evidence that the people are advancing the Vision, and take Action on the feedback towards the Vision. Sustainable change requires evidence that the change is bigger than their...
Foreachlesson,ateachershouldstartwithanattentiongetter.Maybeabell-ringerquestionorproblemofthedaycouldbeusedtostarttheclass.Thisopenergetsthestudentsfocusedonmathematicanditcanbeusedforreviewingpriorknowledge.Nexttheteachershouldstatetheobjectiveofthenewlessonandpresentnewmaterialthroughananticipatoryset.Researchhasshownth...
Have your questions “locked and loaded,” and your responses “in your back pocket.” It’s time to break out of the “postage stamp” lesson plan, (the homework, & examples fit in a little box), and write analytical, anticipatory lesson plans. (This one needs a cute name, too) It...
(s)ofthenewlessonandpresentnewmaterialthroughananticipatoryset.Researchhasshownthatstudentslearnbestwithinthefirst20minutesofa45-minuteclass(Sousa,2001),sothatistheperfecttimeforthestudentstolearnsomethingnew.Whenteachingnewmaterialateachershouldconsiderwhatknowledgethestudentswouldbeabletoconstructontheirown.For...
It’s time to break out of the “postage stamp” lesson plan, (the homework, & examples fit in a little box), and write analytical, anticipatory lesson plans. (This one needs a cute name, too) It’s difficult for teachers to use a high level task. It’s even more difficult for th...