Job Support Groups Enhance Student Job Monitoring
Enhance Student Job Monitoring with Job Support GroupsTeachers can enhance student job monitoring with job support groups. Held weekly, job support groups can serve as in-school problem solving sessions. By using information gained through student job reports, in...
Job-Related Social Skills – More Important than Ever
Studies Highlight Job-Related Social SkillsWill your students thrive in the future jobs market? We hear a lot about the value of STEM skills — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics — in securing jobs. But, those skills alone may not be enough to getting...
Model How to Solve Math Word Problems
Many students have difficulty trying to solve math word problems. Here is an example where a teacher models how to solve math word problems.Definition of ModelingPerforming a task correctly as others watch and listen carefully.Example of Modeling to Solve Math Word...
Immediate and Corrective Feedback Helps Students Learn
Definition of Corrective Feedback: Locating and correcting students’ errors and explaining specifically what each error is and how it can be corrected. Vignette: Ms. Patrick reviews Jorge’s responses to the problems on the Mathematical Problem Solving Assessment -...
For Best Results, Use Generalization When Teaching Math Problem Solving
Definition of Generalization: Transfer of learning to a new task, setting, or situation. Example: Sharla, a student with learning disabilities, uses the Solve It! routine to solve problems successfully in the general education math classroom. She has difficulty using...
Increase Student Success—Use Cueing and Prompting
Cueing/PromptingDefinition of Cueing and Prompting: Verbal, written, or visual reminders that guide or give direction to students to respond correctly.Example: Ms. Williams provides appropriate cues and prompts during acquisition and application of new skills and...
Replace Problem Behaviors with Social Skills—But First, Understand the Type of Inappropriate Behavior
When students fail to demonstrate the critical classroom behaviors or the peer-to-peer social skills, they often display certain patterns of problem or inappropriate behavior. In order to effectively teach social skills to replace problem behaviors, it is useful to...
Supplemental Support—When Students Need Additional Help with Paraphrasing
Students may require supplemental support when underlining the important information. It can be particularly difficult for some students when the problem contains irrelevant numerical information. For example, students may get into the habit of just underlining all...
Encourage Students to Solve Real Math Problems in the Home
Try Role Reversals to actively engage students in the math problem-solving process. Role reversals reinforce learning by having students assume the role of teacher and then demonstrate solving the problem for their classmates. Different students take turns modeling...
Solve It! Monitors Student Progress
Portfolios are an authentic way to show student progress. With the Solve It! Excel application that tracks problem-solving proficiency on a cumulative graph, teachers can assist students in documenting and showcasing their progress.In the Solve It! approach, the...