Helping Students Learn and Master Math Problem-Solving Skills: Explicit Instruction
Explicit instruction includes a number of components that when used in lessons help students learn and master problem-solving skills. Components of explicit instruction that are embedded in the Solve It! lessons include:Actively Engaging Students in the...
Why Teach Job-Related Social Skills?
Adolescents—especially those with special needs—are frequently at a disadvantage in competitive employment because they lack appropriate communication and social interaction skills. Adolescents often encounter problems when initiating interactions or responding to...
Why Teach Social Skills?
Education takes place within a social environment. To be successful in school, students must demonstrate not only academic competence, but social competence as well. Students are expected, among other things, to behave and act appropriately, cooperate with others,...
The Social Skills Students Need
To determine which social skills to include in their book, Teaching Social Skills: A Practical Instructional Approach, the authors asked more than 1,000 teachers to identify those that their students needed the most. The result? Take a look!Basic Classroom Social...
Can You Solve this Word Problem?
You have 7 minutes. Start now!Mizzalou, a 12-year-old primadolphilusta, and his sister Kansagoo, a 16-year-old pendagoggle, were hosping to the bigawiggy. The kilteramas cost $5.00 for teens and $4.00 for tweens. At the last minute, Mizzalou and Kansagoo decided to...
How to Teach Social Skills—A Proven Approach
There are three phases that teachers move through when planning and implementing the instruction of social skills:Curriculum Planning.Instruction and Implementation.Student Self Control.During the first phase, teachers plan the curriculum. They determine what social...
Measuring Math Problem Solving Can Include More than Just Knowledge and Use of Operations
There’s more to being a good math word problem solver than just knowing how to do the math computations. Good math word problem solvers tend to hold positive perceptions of and positive attitudes toward math problem solving. In addition, they know and understand how...
What Do Concepts of Operations Have To Do with Math Problem Solving?
Dr. Jennifer Krawec is the author of Solve It! Teaching Mathematical Problem Solving in Inclusive Classrooms (Grades 5–6). One of Dr. Krawec’s research areas involves children’s understanding of the concepts of mathematical operations. We asked her to share some of...
Miles and Lacey Carry on the Tradition!!
Smiles All Around 2015 Holiday Greeting Card Wins 2 Gold Awards#C069 Over the years, Marigold and Oliver won major awards for greeting cards and calendars. Now, Miles and Lacey are carrying on the award winning tradition!We have just been notified that the Smiles All...
Can’t or Won’t—It Makes a Difference
Many afterschool programs provide homework support. But, what do you do when a student has difficulty completing homework assignments?Let’s take a look at Eddie.Eddie has difficulty during homework time in his afterschool program. He has math homework every day, but...