To promote learning, teachers, academic coaches and parents need to use positive reinforcement. Positive reinforcement is applicable to students or children from early childhood through high school. Students that receive positive reinforcement will develop a good self-image. It i...
Anyone teaching academic concepts needs to organize the concepts and be aware of how it can have a positive impact in student learning. This applies to teachers, academic coaches and parents. Initially you may develop an outline of the major concepts that need to be mastered. To ...
Classroom teachers should emphasize time on task to their students. The time that students are in a class is precious. Most of the time is spent focused on the lesson being presented. The rest of the time should be devoted to working on independent study lessons or studying for a...
No matter what course a student is enrolled in, they need to learn how to communicate. In my career as a classroom teacher in a mathematics course and an online tutor, I have worked diligently in making sure that each of my students are able to communicate. Not only do they need ...
All teachers need to develop content related vocabulary. If students are to be successful in the content area that they are being taught, teachers need to compose a list of words that they need to master. Teachers can look at the table of contents of the textbook that they are te...
Parents need to assist their children in balancing the amount of time spent doing schoolwork and the amount of time preparing for participation in extracurricular activities. I discourage having students making this decision without the input of their parents. In making the decis...
In your career or in life, reflection is very important. Taking time to think of things that you have said or have done is vital. Self-analyzing helps improve the work that you do and the relationships you have. Reflection is necessary if you expect to be successful in the work t...
Coaches should encourage students to focus on speed and accuracy when competing in the Calculator Applications test. Although this is true about all problems on a test, initially it should be what students work on when they are mastering the number crunchers. After students are t...
All Number Sense coaches should encourage their students to work on speed and accuracy. Since there is a 10-minute time limit and all work needs to be done mentally, students that participate in the Number Sense contest are always performing under stressful situations. Students n...
Students that you teach or coach should be rewarded for their pursuit of excellence. I do not define excellence as being a perfect score on an assignment or assessment. I do not define it as winning the first place trophy at a tournament. In general, what I stress is that student...
