Tips Archive: Teaching Techniques

Webster's defines teaching as, "to cause to know a subject." All too brief - a universe of teaching and learning lies behind those lines! As every educator knows, it's the 1001 little things you do every day that define good teaching. Following are techniques used by real teachers to increase their effectiveness and enhance their interaction with students.

• Starting School
• What's In A Name (12 tips)
• Getting To Know You (17 tips)
• The Library Is Open (2 tips)
• Activities for Now and Later (12 tips)

 
• Reviewing Content
• Math (7 tips)
• Science (1 tip)
• Vocabulary (3 tips)
• Critiquing Films (3 tips)
• Review Games (9 tips)
• Across Curriculum (8 tips)

 
• Holidays
• Thanksgiving (6 tips)
• Martin Luther King Day (1 tip)
• Christmas (13 tips)
• Mother's & Father's Day (2 tips)
• New Year's (3 tips)
• Easter (1 tip)
• Veterans Day (3 tips)
• Mardi Gras (1 tip)
• Chinese New Year (2 tips)
• Halloween (3 tips)
• 100th Day of Class (1 tip)
• Valentine's Day (2 tips)
• Miscellaneous (3 tips)

 
• Thinking Skills
• Student Directed Learning (5 tips)
• Test Taking and Study Skills (10 tips)
• Puzzles and Mind Benders (7 tips)
• School to Work Connections (21 tips)

 
• Self Knowledge
• Journal Keeping (1 tip)
• Building Trust (2 tips)
• Self-Motivation (7 tips)
• Setting and Achieving Goals (6 tips)
• School Mission Statement (1 tip)
• Yes, I CAN Go to College! (2 tips)

 
• Free Stuff
• Your Local Chamber of Commerce (1 tip)
• Armed Services (1 tip)
• Posters (2 tips)
• Magazines (1 tip)