Teacher Expectations and Student Achievement emphasizes that teachers are often unaware of how they interact with students, particularly low income and minorities.
Strand B (Feedback) includes these categories. You can have a team of teachers observe you on the presence of these or you can audio/video tape yourself and then do an analysis.
Affirm/Correct– Do you tell all students equally if they are correct when they answer a question or make a comment?
Praise – Do you praise all students equally if they are correct when they answer a question or make a comment?
Reason for Praise – Do you tell all students equally the standards-based reason that they are correct when they answer a question or make a comment?
Listening – Do you listen attentively to all students equally as they talk to you?
Accepting Feelings – Do you acknowledge the feelings equally to all students?
So how do you apply these in your classroom? How do you use technology to help you? How do you use technology to monitor you increase in these?
© Harry Grover Tuttle, 2007
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