Helping Students Motivate Themselves

Informationen zum Autor Authored by Ferlazzo, Larry Klappentext First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Give your students the tools they need to motivate themselves with tips from award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo. A comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book presents immediately applicable steps and lesson plans for all teachers looking to help students motivate themselves. With coverage of brain-based learning, classroom management, and using technology, these strategies can be easily incorporated into any curriculum. Learn to implement solutions to the following challenges: How do you motivate students? How do you help students see the importance of personal responsibility? How do you deal with a student who is being disruptive in class? How do you regain control of an out-of-control class? And more! Blogger and educator Larry Ferlazzo has worked to combine literacy development with short and rigorous classroom lessons on topics such as self-control, personal responsibility, brain growth, and perseverance. He uses many "on-the-spot" interventions designed to engage students and connect with their personal interests. Use these practical, research-based ideas to ensure all of your students are intrinsically motivated to learn! Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 Classroom Culture; question1 How Do You Motivate Students?; question2 How Can You Help Students See the Importantance of Personal Responsibility?; question3 How Do You Deal With a Student Who Is Being Disruptive in Class?; question4 How Do You Regain Control of an Outof-Control Class?; question5 How Do You Help Students See Problems as Opportunities, Not Frustrations?; question6 What Are Some Ways You Can Get the Year Off to a Good Start?; question7 What Can You Do to Help Keep Your Studentsand YourselfFocused at the End of the School Year?; Part 2 Classroom Instruction; question8 What Are the Best Things You Can Do to Maximize the Chances of a Lesson Being Successful?; question9 Portions of this chapter originally appeared in Teacher Magazine (2009); question10 How Can You Help Students Develop Higher-Order Thinking Skills?; question11 What Are the Best Ways to Incorporate Cooperative Learning in Your Lessons?; question12 What Are the Easiest Ways to Use Educational Technology in the Classroom?; question13 Portions of this chapter were previously published in English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work. Copyright ©2010 by ABC-CLIO, LLC, reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC, and in Language Magazine (December, 2006), reprinted with permission;...

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Authored by Ferlazzo, Larry

Klappentext

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Zusammenfassung

Give your students the tools they need to motivate themselves with tips from award-winning educator Larry Ferlazzo. A comprehensive outline of common classroom challenges, this book presents immediately applicable steps and lesson plans for all teachers looking to help students motivate themselves. With coverage of brain-based learning, classroom management, and using technology, these strategies can be easily incorporated into any curriculum.

Learn to implement solutions to the following challenges:

• How do you motivate students?
• How do you help students see the importance of personal responsibility?
• How do you deal with a student who is being disruptive in class?
• How do you regain control of an out-of-control class?
• And more! Blogger and educator Larry Ferlazzo has worked to combine literacy development with short and rigorous classroom lessons on topics such as self-control, personal responsibility, brain growth, and perseverance. He uses many "on-the-spot" interventions designed to engage students and connect with their personal interests.

Use these practical, research-based ideas to ensure all of your students are intrinsically motivated to learn!

Inhalt
Part 1 Classroom Culture; question1 How Do You Motivate Students?; question2 How Can You Help Students See the Importantance of Personal Responsibility?; question3 How Do You Deal With a Student Who Is Being Disruptive in Class?; question4 How Do You Regain Control of an Outof-Control Class?; question5 How Do You Help Students See Problems as Opportunities, Not Frustrations?; question6 What Are Some Ways You Can Get the Year Off to a Good Start?; question7 What Can You Do to Help Keep Your Studentsand YourselfFocused at the End of the School Year?; Part 2 Classroom Instruction; question8 What Are the Best Things You Can Do to Maximize the Chances of a Lesson Being Successful?; question9 Portions of this chapter originally appeared in Teacher Magazine (2009); question10 How Can You Help Students Develop Higher-Order Thinking Skills?; question11 What Are the Best Ways to Incorporate Cooperative Learning in Your Lessons?; question12 What Are the Easiest Ways to Use Educational Technology in the Classroom?; question13 Portions of this chapter were previously published in English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work. Copyright ©2010 by ABC-CLIO, LLC, reproduced with permission of ABC-CLIO, LLC, and in Language Magazine (December, 2006), reprinted with permission;