Helpful tips for teaching

When reading all of these tips for successful teaching, it really opened my eyes to how different high school would have been for me if I had a good teacher with all of these qualities. I hope that any teacher who reads this will give it a try in their classroom. I believe you will find it very effective.

• Look at students so they can see your mouth, facial expressions, and gestures as you talk.

• Teach in 3 steps: Introduce the purpose of the lesson, teach the lesson, and conclude with a summary accomplishment.

• Teach students to recognize and use multiple pathways for learning, and discover which ones are most effective for themselves. Learning by seeing; saying; doing; listening.

• Check comprehension of information, direction and assignments by asking students to repeat or summarize information.

• Present and practice information in ways that encourage active involvement.

• Encourage and teach planning self-evaluation, and goal-setting

• Give students the opportunity to explain ask questions, and interconnect their ideas and thoughts, rather than respond with short answers.

• Incorporate their opinions, reactions, evaluations, experiences into assignments, discussions, and other activities.

• Emphasize "mastering" rather than "covering" the material.

• Give direct, honest feedback to students about their work in a way that respects their comprehension skills.

• Regard mistakes positively. Use those mistakes as clues to understand how the student thinks, where their understanding breaks down, and how to get past those mistakes.

• Concentrate on getting the student to understand, rather than memorize the material.

• Break down difficult material into smaller, more manageable units. This helps the student to understand the material as a whole.
  

• Never assume a student doesn't want to do their work if they don't do it. It's very likely that a student may hide his/her difficulties in understanding to avoid embarrassment. Take active steps to explore whether they understand the information and assignments and whether they have the skills to preform the required work.
  

• Try to develop monitering techniques of the students' understanding during the presented lesson. Ask questions, get them involved, relate material with something the student will easily relate to.

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