All about life

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A primary curriculum based around life and environmental science draws on children's natural curiosity to teach reading, math, and more.

For students to be successful in the science curriculum, they must study science through "hands-on" experiences. I use their past experiences as well as present experiences that I help to create to teach the curriculum. Many children today have never climbed a tree, walked in the woods, or waded in a stream, and I think that is sad. When they have the opportunity to see and touch the natural world, they become excited about it, and I use that excitement to teach all areas of the kindergarten curriculum, not just science.

Subject:: Science and Technology
Grade Level:: Primary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

Assessing the learning process

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Abstract:: Assessment, like instruction, needs to be geared toward various learning styles, and teachers can create rubrics for ongoing assessment that keep a formal daily record of what students are learning. Traditional styles of teaching focus almost exclusively on auditory presentation of material to students — in other words, lecturing. K–12 education is moving away from that traditional model towards methods of teaching that address children’s multiple intelligences and are appropriate to different types of learners, not only auditory learners. But although we’ve come a long way in how we teach students, we haven’t always made great strides in how we assess them. Most assessment still takes the form of quizzes, tests, and written homework, which work best for students who are the strongest verbal thinkers. Portfolios play only a small role, and even they only begin to address the various learning styles. If we’re going to teach in a way that addresses all learning styles, shouldn’t we also assess that way?

Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

The First Year

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Abstract:: Essays on the author's experiences in her first year of teaching: the mistakes she made, what she learned from them, and how she used them to become a better teacher -- and how other first-year teachers can, too.

Subject:: Social Sciences
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

Grouping skills for mastery

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Abstract:: Thematic planning helps relate mathematics to students' lives.

Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

Making small groups work

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Abstract:: For students to work effectively in small groups, a teacher needs not only to set rules but to build a sense of community and teamwork within the basic structure the rules provide.

Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

Math for multiple intelligences

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Abstract:: How a middle-school math teacher realized she was boring and jump-started her career -- and her students.

Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

Real-world learning in a virtual environment

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Abstract:: Want to try project-based learning to get your students involved in real-world issues? A former North Carolina Technology and Learning Teacher of the Year talks about how she worked with the North Carolina Zoo to get students excited about learning.

Subject:: Science and Technology
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

Setting the tone

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Abstract:: Building a student-centered classroom culture starts on the first day of the school year.

Subject:: Social Sciences
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

The problem-centered classroom

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Abstract:: A look inside an eighth-grade classroom in which students work in pairs to solve problems, then debate as a class which solution is correct or easiest. An explanation of the teaching method is provided along with video of students presenting their solutions to problems.

Subject:: Mathematics and Statistics
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

A room for students

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Abstract:: A learning environment where students feel that they belong is the key to success for this eighth-grade language arts teacher. A classroom profile.

Subject:: Humanities
Grade Level:: Primary, Secondary
Collection:: LEARN NC Articles & More

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