Using statements
- 2. Guiding Statements • Guiding your students to the answer is one of the hardest aspects of teaching. • The teacher hopes to guide their students to the answers instead of simply letting the students minds absorb the information. I want to challenge my students to truly learn the information instead of looking in a book or hearing it from me. • Being able to learn how and when to give students information is very difficult. We are trying to teach students how to use prior knowledge to gain a better understanding and giving them answers will not help. We must be able to give them the steps and first bit of knowledge to let them learn their way.
- 3. Statements That Seek Information • Being cautious in our inflections will help reduce the confusion that could potentially happen in our classroom. • As an educator we must be aware of our body language and how our voices impact our actual statement. In the classroom we must be able to determine whether we are joking, asking a question, or many other aspects that could lead to confusion. • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8UYCo7-fqY
- 4. Commands Commands can be also viewed as directions given. These need to be clear and precise so that the student understands what is being asked of them. Some commands may be 2-3 step directions and that may be a struggle for some special education students as they may need smaller step directions/commands.
- 5. Indirect Questions • Indirect help the learner make connections and allows for understanding of events, for example, "Do I understand you correctly..." or "I would like to know what would happen if..." When using this type of interrogative questioning you must be careful not to offend the person • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xugWC34kDzs
- 7. Reflecting Teachers learn to be successful teachers by doing. Teachers have to constantly think was that successful, what could I do to improve this lesson, and their students. Reflection benefits both the teachers and the students. Students can learn a subject by trial and error just like the teacher can. Reflection can be done in the classroom by having students think about the materials that were covered and allow them to think of what they might need to work on to better themselves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jBm285n6SA
- 8. Summarizing It is important for teachers to summarize the material learned. I believe that students learn better when information is reviewed, repeated or summarized. It is important to ask comprehensive questions and by doing so, this will help in summarizing by assigning homework/ projects. In my classroom I will have the students provide me a short statement of the main points of the material. This also will show comprehension.
- 9. Checking • Checking that the students understand the information or the main point is what is most important. This can be done by simply asking questions in class, student homework and quizzes.