Teaching Problems

It is definitely hard to assess…

Posted on December 20, 2007. Filed under: Teaching Problems |

It still remains a struggle to pre-assess and post-assess. My major focus now has been my failure to figure out what prior knowledge my students know about certain concepts. It is definitely like pulling teeth and is really tricky. You have to ask the right questions.

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Is it me? Is it them? What is it?

Posted on December 14, 2007. Filed under: Teaching Problems |

Yesterday I was really stressed out for not being able to explain an assignment in a clear way to my students. The students were really rude and calling out at the same time, “What do we do again? Can you say that again? I don’t understand? I don’t understand? What are you talking about?”, that [...]

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Engaging and Explicit

Posted on December 13, 2007. Filed under: Teaching Problems |

Those are the 2 E’s that I am struggling with. Although things are better, I am still not on top of classroom management. The kids are often not excited, not engaged, and often times confused, which I know inevitably leads to classroom disorder.
However, at times, I think to myself, “Wow, how do some [...]

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