Description
An important part of teaching a lesson is checking to make sure your students understand the material given. Students are notoriously bad self-reporters when it comes to understanding, so it’s up to you as the teacher to make sure that your class doesn’t have any gaps in the content you’re teaching. Thankfully, there are some easy ways that educators can make checking for understanding a little bit easier.
In this course, “Essentials for Teaching: Best Practices in Checking for Understanding,” educator Lisa Van Gemert shares her favorite tips and tricks for finding out what students really understand in their lessons.
You’ll discover how to check for understanding using:
- Dry erase boards
- Response cards
- Plickers
- Hand signals
- And more!
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Lori – STOCKDALE ISD (verified owner) –
Practical suggestions
Ashley – DENTON ISD (verified owner) –
There are many good ideas for checking students understanding that are quick and simple.
Noemi – FT SAM HOUSTON ISD (verified owner) –
Short and good strategies offered.
Sarah – CLYDE-GREEN SPRINGS EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
I thought it was alright, but it was truly just a list of things with no concrete explanation of what it looks like in class and how to go about going over it or using it as data afterwards – where do I go from there.
Marc – CLYDE-GREEN SPRINGS EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
Gave you a variety of methods to check for understanding to help students gain a better understanding of the material being taught.
Rozanne – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
It provided a variety of ways to help teachers check for understanding in the classroom.
Kathy – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Great resource for different strategies to check for understanding.