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Engaging Strategies for Reluctant Learners in High School

Teachers Pay Teachers

No matter what subject you teach, spend time showing students how to take notes, how to study for tests and quizzes, and how to balance their time between homework and other after-school activities. Instead of written exams, ask students to turn in a summary of a lesson as an exit ticket before they leave.

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A Case For Flipping Learning—Without Videos

Edsurge

Faculty assign homework to expose students to a new concept before they arrive to class, and use class time to ask questions and do more-active learning. They come primed to discuss those things and learn in classroom,” says Barba. “We times more likely to fail compared to their peers in active-learning classes.

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

Faculty Focus

Just as a carpenter needs various tools to create a masterpiece, educators recognized for their teaching excellence possess an intricate toolbox that includes active learning techniques, inclusive teaching practices, community-building morals, and engaging instruction. 2006; Saxena et al., 2006; Greene, 2020; Topping, 2014).

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Effective Learning with Pre-Laboratory Videos: A Practical Teaching Strategy 

Faculty Focus

Just as a carpenter needs various tools to create a masterpiece, educators recognized for their teaching excellence possess an intricate toolbox that includes active learning techniques, inclusive teaching practices, community-building morals, and engaging instruction. 2006; Saxena et al., 2006; Greene, 2020; Topping, 2014).

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Due Dates Provide a Structure for Spaced Learning

Faculty Focus

They have after all been in school for the last 13 years and they have become really good at taking quizzes and exams and writing essays with thesis statements. The questions are a sampling of the final exam. Nevertheless, is completing all the assessments what defines learning the contents of a course?

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Teaching Tools and Techniques

eSchool News

Here, students engage with instructional content, such as pre-recorded lectures or readings, at home, freeing up class time for interactive activities, discussions, and hands-on exercises. Moreover, inquiry-based learning encourages students to ask questions, explore topics independently, and seek answers through experimentation and research.

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Advocating for Student Preparedness with the Implementation of a Pre-Course 

Faculty Focus

After the student learning outcomes have been defined, the creation of the pre-course does not have to be complex. PowerPoints, brief lectures or lecture videos, images, diagrams, quizzes, and interactive activities can be utilized to deliver prelusive course content.

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