Tag: homework
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Making Homework Assignments Smarter for your Students and their Brains
One of my favorite bloggers, Annie Murphie Paul, has written a post about homework that every educator should consider as a guideline for better learning opportunities. Her claim, based on Neuroscience and Psychology research, entails making better use of strategies that are effectively proven to have an impact on learning. Annie mentions three strategies…
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Edit Teaching – Homework
Oh, this is a very touchy aspect of our teaching… When have we innovated in homework assignments? We generally have the same language structure for homework instructions, “do pages x and z, ex. A, B and C for next class”. In our edit teaching mode, what if we did it differently for a change? Some…
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Twisting Homework Work – A tool, A thousand Ways to Engage students
She was meant to be a star. Her photos were all over, Vogue magazine, among all renowned international magazines you can think of. One day, though, … How about a bit of homework revolution for a change? Add this sentence to the board, send the photo to your students and tell them to access http://photofunia.com,…