by Cynthia Warger | Jul 6, 2016 | General Instructional Products
First impressions count—especially when seeking a job. How many times have you met someone new and was “turned off” by either their handshake, eye contact or lack thereof, choice of words, their lack of grooming, or their insistence on texting while meeting you?How to...
by Cynthia Warger | Jul 6, 2016 | General Instructional Products
We often think of teaching students job-related social skills in retail and maintenance professions—grocery stores, restaurants and fast foods, landscape companies, gift shops, to name a few. However, we also should consider the social skills necessary for service and...
by Cynthia Warger | Jun 27, 2016 | Exceptional Innovations
Education is our passion. Since 1984, we have published a variety of practical, instructional materials that are designed to support students with varying abilities achieve to high standards. In each blog posting, we will feature instructional tips, ideas, reviews,...
by Cynthia Warger | Jun 26, 2016 | Solve It!
Teachers use explicit instruction to help students acquire information and skills. Using explicit instruction, teachers make the different steps needed for a given task as overt and explicit as possible. Explicit instruction is used to teach the Solve It!...
by Cynthia Warger | Jun 26, 2016 | Solve It!
Solve It! lessons include a number of instructional strategies that help students learn and master solving math word problems.Can you match the instructional strategy to its definition?MnemonicsMastery LearningPositive FeedbackModelingVerbal...