Friday, February 13, 2009

Best Practice Teaching Strategies

At a NSDC workshop I recently attended, the presenter shared with us the list of teaching strategies that her former Gwinnett County, Georgia, school district adopted. They are the following:
• Frequently access learning
• Use nonverbal representations
• Model strategies and skills and practice
• Teach essential vocabulary
• Teach summarizing strategies
• Provide collaboration experiences
• Teach and require goal setting
• Use inquiry-based problem solving
• Use and teach questioning and cuing
• Assess and/or build background knowledge
• Teach comparison-contrast/similarities-differences
• Use technology effectively
These are considerations we should keep in mind as we plan our lessons and reflect on our practice.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Teachers should plan well before they teach lessons. Students understand the ideas provided when they are given different illustrations. With efficient use of technology, students should make themselves engaged to improve their education. I found a website interesting with its best practice teaching strategies