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Inspiring Creativity: Think Outside the Bowl
Join Our Movement: Show that you are a supporter of Inspiring Creativity in our schools. To get your free decal, scroll down for ordering information. So what’s going on? With the resurgence of testing nationwide, many teachers report that they … Continue reading
Posted in Coaching Teachers, creativity, Differentiation, Discussion Strategies, Discussion Strategies, Gifted an Talented, Gifted and Talented, Higher Level Thinking, Motivation, Questioning
Tagged active learning, brainstorming, classroom coaching, creativity, differentiation, discovery learning, empowering students, hands-on learning, instructional coaching, interactive instruction, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, motivation, student empowerment, student motivation, student ownership
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Reinforcing Vocabulary in All Content Areas
Learning new words and developing an extended vocabulary, with accompanying compatible definitions, is a common task throughout all disciplines and at all levels of school. Teachers are always looking for new ways to motivate their students, but when the work … Continue reading
Posted in Differentiation, General Strategies, Language Arts, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies
Tagged active learning, comprehension, concept integrated, cooperative group work, differentiation, discovery learning, empowering students, hands-on instruction, interactive classroom, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, student-centered instruction, vocabulary
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Role-Play in the Classroom with Delicious.com
© 2012 Andi Stix, Ed.D. Delicious.com is an online social bookmarking platform that stores and categorizes photos, videos, and articles that teachers can use to motivate and engage students. It is part of social media because teachers can see each other’s … Continue reading
Posted in Language Arts, Motivation, Social Media, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies, Writing Curriculum
Tagged active learning, communication, concept integration, cooperative group work, cooperative learning, delicious.com, discovery learning, empowering students, hands-on instruction, hands-on learning, interactive classroom, interactive instruction, interdisciplinary instruction, internet safety, intrinsic motivation, language art strategies, Language Arts, learning, problem solving, simulations, social media, social media in schools, social media in the classroom, social studies, social studies strategies, strategy, student empowerment, student motivation, student ownership, students coaching students, teachers as classroom coaches, teaching strategies, visual imagery, visualization, writing across the curriculum
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COACHing Questions for Cooperative Group Work
(c) 2012 Andi Stix, Ed.D. and PCC For a complete guide to coaching, please see Teachers as Classroom Coaches … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Classroom Coaching, Coaching Teachers, Motivation
Tagged active learning, assessment, authentic assessment, brainstorm, brainstorming, classroom coaching, coaching, coaching strategy, coaching students, communication, cooperative group work, cooperative learning, empowering students, group cohesion, hands-on instruction, hands-on learning, instructional coaching, interactive classroom, interactive instruction, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, learning, motivation, self-assessment, student empowerment, student motivation, student ownership, students coaching students, teachers as classroom coaches, teaching strategies
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Imagery Walk
(c) 2012 Andi Stix, Ed.D The Imagery Walk is an exercise that allows students to visually bring content alive by utilizing their imaginations. It is based on meditative practices, but allows for scenes in English Language Arts, historical periods in … Continue reading
Posted in Art Integration, Discussion Strategies, General Strategies, Interdisciplinary Instruction, Language Arts, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies
Tagged active learning, brainstorm, brainstorming, comprehension, differentiation, discovery learning, hands-on instruction, hands-on learning, interactive classroom, interactive instruction, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, language art strategies, Language Arts, learning, learning styles, making connections, memory, motivation, multi-modal instruction, ownership, reinforcement games, simulations, student motivation, student ownership, teaching strategies, visualization, writing across the curriculum
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Open-Ended Questions
(c) 2012 Andi Stix, Ed.D Research has shown time and time again that if we pose a close-ended question, our students will elicit a minimal amount of answers. However, we can draft the same question using the following question starters … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Curriculum Writing, Discussion Strategies, Essential Questions, Guiding Questions, Motivation, Questioning, Teaching Strategies, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Curriculum
Tagged active learning, active listening, administrators as coaches, authentic assessment, classroom coaching, coaching, coaching students, comprehension, curriculum writing, differentiation, discovery learning, educational coaching, empowering students, guiding questions, instructional coaching, interactive classroom, interactive instruction, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, learning, learning styles, making connections, open-ended questions, posing questions, questioning, questions, student ownership, teachers as classroom coaches, teaching strategies
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Classroom Strategies that Motivate the Reluctant Learner
© 2007 Andi Stix, Ed.D. Speech given at the National Council for the Social Studies, San Diego, CA In a society where no child is left untested, it … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Classroom Coaching, Debate Strategies, Discussion Strategies, General Strategies, Motivation, Teaching Strategies, Writing Across the Curriculum, Writing Curriculum
Tagged active learning, art and math, at risk gifted, cooperative group work, cooperative learning, debate strategies, discussion strategies, hands-on instruction, hands-on learning, interactive classroom, interactive instruction, intrinsic motivation, language art strategies, Language Arts, learning, learning styles, making connections, motivation, multi-modal instruction, multiple perspectives, negotiable contracttin, ownership, simulations, social studies strategies, student empowerment, student motivation, student ownership, teaching strategies
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Viewing Events from Multiple Perspectives
by Andi Stix, Ed.D. and Frank Hrbek © 2003 Middle … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Debate Strategies, Motivation, Social Studies, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies
Tagged active discussion, active learning, debate, empowering students, group cohesion, hands-on instruction, hands-on learning, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, Lobbyist Hearing, making connections, motivation, ownership, simulations, social studies, strategy, student motivation, teachi
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Differentiating the Curriculum- How We Established a Multi-Level, Young Adult Literature Bookroom for the Social Studies Department
© 2000 by Andi Stix, Ed.D., Recently, the District #2 Office in New York City mandated that all children at the middle school level should read 25 books per year. While the burden of this mandate fell most heavily on … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Differentiation, Interdisciplinary Instruction, Language Arts, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies, Writing Across the Curriculum
Tagged comprehension, concept integrated, cooperative learning, differentiation, discussion strategies, educational coaching, flexogeneous grouping, interactive classroom, interdisciplinary instruction, intrinsic motivation, Language Arts, learning, literature circles, making connections, multi-level bookroom, multiple perspectives, social studies, social studies strategies, student empowerment, student motivation, student ownership, teaching strategies, young adult literature, young adult literature in the Social Studies
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Using Multi-Level Young Adult Literature in the Middle School American Studies
by Andi Stix, Ed.D. and Marshall George, Ed.D. © 2000 Social Studies Journal, v91 n1 p25-31 Jan-Feb 2000 Talk to middle school teachers about the challenges of teaching today, and you are likely to be barraged with a long list … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Differentiation, Interdisciplinary Instruction, Language Arts, Social Studies, Teaching Strategies, Writing Across the Curriculum
Tagged adolescent literature, communication, comprehension, differentiation, discussion strategies, empowering students, flexogeneous, flexogeneous grouping, interactive classroom, interactive instruction, intrinsic motivation, language art strategies, Language Arts, learning, literature circles, making connections, motivation, multiple perspectives, social studies, social studies strategies, student empowerment, student motivation, student ownership, teaching strategies, writing across the curriculum, young adult literature
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Fraction Rings: Teaching Time, Decimals and Degrees
(c) 1993 Fraction Rings designed by Andi Stix were produced by Cuisenaire Company of America. This set of math manipulative rings are to be used with Fraction Circles. If you are interested in ordering this set, please make sure that you … Continue reading
Posted in Journal Writing, Manipulatives, Math, Mathematics, Teaching Strategies
Tagged art and math, brainstorm, brainstorming, communication, comprehension, concept integrated, differentiation, discovery learning, empowering students, fractions, fractions and decimals, fractions and degrees, fractions and time, hands-on learning, intrinsic motivation, learning styles, making connections, math manipulatives, math strategies, mathematical instruction, mathematical understanding, memory, multi-modal instruction, pic-jour math, pictorial journal writing, problem solving, teaching decimals, teaching degrees of a circle, teaching fractions, teaching math, teaching mathematics, teaching strategies, time and degrees, time and fractions, visual imagery, visualization
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Fun with Picture Grids: Teaching Square Root
A Math Manipulative Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State, Buffalo, NY © 1993 Speech by Andi Stix, Ed.D., ERIC: Eric Resources Information Center #ED408158 (c) 1992 Picture Grids designed by Andi Stix, Produced by ETA/Cuisenaire Company of … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Journal Writing, Manipulatives, Math, Mathematics, Speeches, Teaching Strategies
Tagged art and math, brainstorm, brainstorming, communication, comprehension, concept integration, differentiation, discovery learning, empowering students, fractions, hands-on learning, instructional Materials, intrinsic motivation, learning styles, making connections, manipulative materials, math manipulatives, math strategies, mathematical instruction, mathematical understanding, Mathematics Activities, memory, motivation, multi-modal instruction, pic-jour math, pictorial journal writing, problem solving, square root, teaching fractions, teaching math, teaching mathematics, teaching square root, teaching strategies, visual aids, visual imagery, visualization, visualizing mathematics
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Fun with Picture Grids: Teaching the Division of Fractions
A Math Manipulative, © 1993 Speech by Andi Stix, Ed.D. Association of Mathematics Teachers of New York State, Buffalo, NY, ERIC: Eric Resources Information Center #ED408158 (c) 1992 Picture Grids designed by Andi Stix Produced by ETA/Cuisenaire Company of America. … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Speeches & Past Posts, Journal Writing, Manipulatives, Math, Mathematics, Speeches, Teaching Strategies
Tagged art and math, brainstorm, brainstorming, communication, comprehension, concept integration, differentiation, discovery learning, empowering students, fractions, hands-on instruction, hands-on learning, instructional Materials, intrinsic motivation, learning styles, making connections, manipulative materials, math manipulatives, math strategies, mathematical instruction, mathematical understanding, Mathematics Activities, memory, motivation, multi-modal instruction, pic-jour math, pictorial journal writing, problem solving, teaching fractions, teaching math, teaching mathematics, teaching strategies, visual aids, visual imagery, visualization
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