Pedagogy

Pedagogy
Always have a marking scheme (hard-copy) when you mark something. It helps you to remain objective when you mark.
 * Grading Schemes**

I love drama. At first, I was sceptical about how this could be used in math but after thinking about it for a bit, I realize that it can be a really fun and interesting thing to do. Imagine asking kids to put together a 1-2 minute skit about a world without sine and cosine? Or to act out a scene where Pythagoras has come back from the dead to explain his Theorem?
 * Drama in all subjects**

And it doesn't have to be skits. You can create a panel of "experts" and question them in front of the class. It's a lot of fun to pretend to be an expert!

Good assessment/consolidation. Students give you a small little blurb (maybe they answer a question) about their thoughts before leaving. It's great for you to have these if only to gauge where the class is as a whole.
 * Ticket out the Door/Ticket out of Class**

Example (parallel lines):
 * Visual Organizer**

As I move on through this year, I'm sure this list will grow. For now, I will post the things that stand out for me.
 * Pedagogy at UOIT**
 * Clickers. I think they're great! It's a more stream-lined way of taking a census than what I usually do (eyes-closed, hands up). But this is even better because there would often be campers who would peek during these votes. Grr...
 * POE (Predict-Observe-Explain). Thanks to Shawn Bullock for this one. This is something I'm definitely going to use! Exposing kids to the scientific method is a good thing. Period.
 * Stop using "Hey, guys!". It's not inclusive. It's difficult but try to start saying, "Hey, everyone" or "Hey, ladies and gentlemen" or "Hey, folks", etc.
 * Laptops: I personally think they do more harm than good. With a laptop, people aren't practising hand-writing and so they aren't making their own short-hand and they aren't using those visual queues to help them learn. Visual learners and tactile learners probably benefit least from laptops. However, if everyone has a laptop and internet, you can open up a LOT of possibilites. Polls are an example.

Here is a list of some consolidation ideas. My personal favourites are Frayer Model, Clicker questions, Student Created Questions, and Start-Stop-Continue (not all the time). I feel this way because I feel they fall within my "teaching style". (Start-Stop-Continue is usually a just a "comments" box. You ask the students "How am I doing? What do you like? What do you want me to keep doing? What do you want me to stop doing?") Local copy.
 * Consolidation**

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 * Anyone? Anyone? (Wait time and higher order thinking questions)**