Team-Building Activities to Help Students Reconnect in the Classroom
As students return to school after a tumultuous year, here are tips to help them re-engage and ease back into the classroom.
October 10, 2023
Motivation can be measured as the total of the value students place on the learning experience combined with their belief that they can be successful. Educators who actively work to both increase student value and create learning environments that ensure student success are more likely to have students who are highly motivated, more engaged in the learning process, and more academically successful.
A Fun ‘Survivor’-Themed Classroom Activity That Promotes Science Learning
Collaboration, reflection, and healthy competition make for lasting memories when teachers use a novel approach to sustain student interest.
October 10, 2023
5 Ways to Help Students Focus on Learning Rather Than Grades
When teachers give retakes and shift the way they talk about grades, students concentrate on the skills they’re gaining—not their scores.
October 10, 2023
Guiding Students to Improve Executive Functioning Skills
With explicit coaching, high school students can learn to manage their increasingly complex academic and extracurricular commitments.
October 10, 2023
Connecting Content to Students’ Lives to Boost Engagement
To effectively collaborate and problem-solve, students need to develop a greater understanding of themselves and others.
October 10, 2023
2 Ways to Bring Games Into Your Classroom
Gamification and game-based learning are different instructional strategies, but both can work wonders for student engagement.
October 10, 2023
City Year CEO on Supporting Students Through the Pandemic
Rick Hess: City Year partners with public schools in 29 cities across the U.S., where its AmeriCorps members provide full-time support to students and teachers. Especially in light of the
October 10, 2023
5 Ways to Build Resilience in Students
Students need the tools to deal with adversity. Here’s how teachers can help.
October 10, 2023
The Focused Brain
To develop students’ minds to be more receptive to learning, educators need to cultivate and sustain attention skills.
October 10, 2023
6 Ways Teachers Continue to Promote Student Voice This Year
In distance and hybrid learning, elementary teachers are finding it more important than ever to build lessons centered on students’ active involvement.
October 10, 2023
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