Remove Assignments Remove Learning Styles Remove Teachers
article thumbnail

Crafting environments where students with autism thrive

eSchool News

Throughout my career as a behavior therapist, classroom teacher, and Head of School, Ive worked closely with students on the spectrum and their families. The takeaway Ive come to is this: Success in learning comes down to intention. These small modifications can significantly improve comprehension and reduce a students frustration.

Students 197
article thumbnail

Don’t Waste the First Day of School

Catlin Tucker

Will the class be teacher centered or student centered? Unfortunately, many teachers spend the first day of school reading their syllabus to their students and explaining all of the classroom norms and rules. Then they fold the index cards in half and write their names on the front so I can begin learning them.

Syllabus 420
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

How your school’s design can promote equity through access

eSchool News

Recently, however, the growing awareness of neurodiversity has started to shift the school design narrative for students with unique learning styles. Even the furniture is adapting to each student’s unique learning style.

article thumbnail

Do students like your teaching? Try this and find out

eSchool News

We may underestimate our students’ ability to understand their learning styles. It may reveal a lot about their personal learning styles. After reading, you may want to design a series of choices (Teacher A-Z) for your own students to see for yourself. A little experiment can help.

Teaching 279
article thumbnail

The 7 questions every new teacher should be able to answer

eSchool News

Here’s what admins — and teachers — need to know for job interviews and beyond. Not long ago, the leadership team of a school district I was working with asked me: “If you were going to hire a new teacher, what would you ask in the interview?” We typically hire teachers for what they already know, subject knowledge.

Questions 279
article thumbnail

Assignments with Significance

Faculty Focus

It has been estimated that college students across the globe devote in excess of a billion hours per year to “disposable” assignments (Wiley, 2016). Moving from essential to “renewable” assignments means that the students see the tasks as sufficiently meaningful to be kept and even passed on to others. What a waste! Collaboration.

article thumbnail

Classroom tech: The new and the tried-and-true of 2024

eSchool News

Key points: Today’s students deserve modern tech tools that suit their learning styles and tendencies 5 of the biggest education trends in 2024 65 predictions about edtech trends in 2024 For more news on edtech trends, visit eSN’s Innovative Teaching page It’s 2024! Hybrid classes offer numerous benefits.