A review of and best practices in Selective Response Items — Alternative responses, Matching and Multiple Choice Questions
Tag: Lesson Planning
Reflection on Dive into Inquiry by Trevor Mackenzie and ideas about teaching, lesson planning and relationships.
What does scientific research say about how brain learn? How can we apply this knowledge to the classroom?
This article presents the design considerations when planning lessons using Universal Design for Learning: goals, assessments, methods and materials.
In today’s classrooms, we have a diverse set of learners and no matter how much a teacher would want to address the needs of all learners, it takes time to know the students and understand them better to give them the supports they need. This is where Universal Design for Learning (UDL) principles comes in handy. In this article I explore UDL in theory and practice.
How can we attain the state of flow in the classroom? What kind of activities should the students be involved be such that they do not want to stop working? As a learner, flow is when I am focused on my task, to the point that I do not care about the time because I am having so much fun doing what I am doing.
Scaffolding is a process that allows the students to work in a contextualized setting and solve problems while focusing on building the associated skill, withe the teacher providing necessary support. This articles presents the theory with examples.