Teaching tips

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General tips

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Connect to the daily life of students

Connect to the daily life of students

Let students learn from mistakes

Let students learn from mistakes

Present learning material step by step

Present learning material step by step

Share learning goals and success criteria 

Share learning goals and success criteria 

Teach students to learn actively

Teach students to learn actively

Ask questions regularly

Ask questions regularly

Don't just let students highlight text

Don't just let students highlight text

Do not let students just reread

Do not let students just reread

Present information verbally and visually

Present information verbally and visually

Ensure a good learning environment

Ensure a good learning environment

Teach students to create schemas

Teach students to create schemas

Students cannot multitask

Students cannot multitask

Help with planning and execution

Help with planning and execution

Be critical of phone use

Be critical of phone use

Learn to take notes with the Cornell method

Learn to take notes with the Cornell method

Work on concrete, achievable goals

Work on concrete, achievable goals

Writing often works better than typing

Writing often works better than typing

Help with memory aids

Help with memory aids

Ensure a quiet study space

Ensure a quiet study space

Encourage students to read text aloud

Encourage students to read text aloud

Advise students to get enough sleep

Advise students to get enough sleep

Healthy and sufficient nutrition is important

Healthy and sufficient nutrition is important

Let students explain it to each other

Let students explain it to each other

Combine learning with movement

Combine learning with movement

This is how you make groups work together successfully

This is how you make groups work together successfully

Only listen to familiar music while studying

Only listen to familiar music while studying

Make students read from paper

Make students read from paper

Help with translating to another context

Help with translating to another context

Peer feedback is usefull, and very complex

Peer feedback is usefull, and very complex

Differentiate between beginners and experts

Differentiate between beginners and experts

Engage in scaffolding

Engage in scaffolding

Show worked-out examples

Show worked-out examples

This is how you reward effectively

This is how you reward effectively

Take basic needs into account

Take basic needs into account

Engage in modelling

Engage in modelling

Give direct instruction to beginners

Give direct instruction to beginners

This is how you give effective feedback

This is how you give effective feedback

Tell stories

Tell stories

Have high expectations

Have high expectations

Activate and check prior knowledge

Activate and check prior knowledge

Provide clear structure

Provide clear structure

Ensure active learning

Ensure active learning

Make students curious

Make students curious

How to use instructional videos effectively

How to use instructional videos effectively

Communicate expectations

Communicate expectations

Work on feedback literacy

Work on feedback literacy