Search found 14 matches
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:29 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: Technology in the Classroom
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11737
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:25 pm
- Forum: Activities and Games
- Topic: group work
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5783
I feel group work is a great exercise if the teacher puts the groups together when some of the students are less motivated or lets them choose if they are motivated. In my personal experience with group work in high school and college, I took the brunt of the workload in many instances when the teac...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 6:04 pm
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Assessments & Culture
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5111
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:52 pm
- Forum: Pronunciation
- Topic: Regional accents/phrases?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 5073
Regional accents/phrases?
I would like to know if anyone has any helpful hints in regards to regional accents and phrases. I am from NJ, the southern part closer to Philadelphia, and I am very guilty of peppering my speech with "yo", "youse" and other incorrect words. Since my ESL students will deal with these phrases outsid...
- Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:48 pm
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Journals as assessment
- Replies: 1
- Views: 17101
Journals as assessment
In one of the classroom I've recently observed, the Biology teacher used journals as a form of assessment fo the students. I felt it was a wonderful idea, and I would like to use it in my own classroom eventually. What type of guidelines for each entry should I employ?
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:53 am
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Classroom projects/ongoing assessments instead of Testing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8104
As a future Biology teacher at the high school level, I am all for hands-on projects. With activities like these, I feel like the students get a better feel for real world experience and the teacher can assess their learning without putting pressure on a student that might already have tremendous pr...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:50 am
- Forum: Assessment
- Topic: Alternative Classroom-Based Assessment
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5500
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:43 am
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: What advantage of group work do you think is most accurate?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4423
What advantage of group work do you think is most accurate?
I am currently working towards my master's degree and I found this list of advantages of group work. I would like to know what everyone believes is the best advantage of group work, particularly in dealing with ELL students. If you think of one that's not on the poll, feel free to add it!
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:37 am
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: Gauging difficulty in lesson planning
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4394
Gauging difficulty in lesson planning
I'm looking for real world experience in dealing with how to gauge diffculty. In all of my textbooks they mention Krashen's i+1 principle of giving students just a bit more than they can handle, but they also make sure to mention this is "usually learned by experience. Would anyone like to give a fu...
- Mon Jun 25, 2012 2:30 am
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: Teaching Biology to ESL students
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6172
- Fri May 25, 2012 5:41 pm
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: How effective is content-based teaching?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2444
- Fri May 25, 2012 5:39 pm
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: Teenagers!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2738
- Wed May 23, 2012 5:03 pm
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: Teenagers!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2738
Teenagers!
As I future high school teacher, I understand that teaching teenagers can be a difficult task for many reasons (ability to process more intellectually, longer attention spans - or not, self-image issues, demand to be treated as adults, etc), and I am wondering what is the most pressing issue for tho...
- Wed May 23, 2012 4:52 pm
- Forum: Secondary School Education
- Topic: Teaching Biology to ESL students
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6172
Teaching Biology to ESL students
I was wondering if anyone has any advice or experience with teaching sciences (specifically Biology) to ESL students. I am currently in an ESL program, and I understand that I may encounter students who have limited English proficiency. I am just trying to wrap my head around teaching difficult conc...