When teaching children, it is important to regularly assess their skills to determine if the child understands the concepts being taught and practiced. As many math skills build on previous learning, any deficits will result in difficulty learning more complex concepts and procedures. Although school districts complete standardized testing to determine overall effectiveness of programs, […]
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Some children will learn material quickly and easily and retain the information for years without any systematic plan in place. Most children have the best long-term learning from quality instruction, practice, and periodic review. There is yet another group of children who can learn skills and information one day and soon forget the content learned […]
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A running record is a way to assess a student’s fluency and other reading patterns. In a running record, both the instructor and the student view a copy of a passage. As this process is used for assessment purposes, the selected passage should be new to the student. As the student reads his passage out […]
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Some children exhibit challenging behaviors. These behaviors may not respond to typical discipline approaches. I agree with Dr. Ross Greene’s philosophy that children behave well if they can. Misbehavior is due to missing skills. In order to effectively treat the challenging behavior(s), one must first understand the factors influencing the behavior. ABC data will provide you with […]
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