Showing posts with label Teacher Handbook. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Teacher Handbook. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

How to Differentiate Matching Test Questions

Differentiation is very necessary as not all students have the same intellectual ability or go through the same learning process. The differentiated instructions address the needs of the students in such a way that every student, whatever is his/her ability level, finds success with the walls of the classroom. The lessons are effectively modified and different activities are formed according to the skills of a particular student. This same process needs to be followed in the case of multiple choice questions. This is difficult but not at all impossible.



Varying questions forms
At the time of setting multiple choice questions try to create three different question forms - for low, middle and high performing students. This exercise will be time consuming, no doubt, but absolutely necessary to address the needs of the students. When the multiple choice questions are being set for the low performing students try to include as many comprehension questions as possible. You can include many application based questions for the middle performing students while the questions for the high performing students needs to be entirely application based. The three different question sets ensures that all students are learning in their comfort zone and hence have a high chance of gaining success in the classrooms.
Minimizing the options
It can happen that the teachers do not have the requisite time to set different question patterns. To save time teachers can simply reduce the number of options available for a particular question. When the students who have low intellectual ability have few options to choose from then selecting the right answer becomes easier for them and they achieve success in the classroom. The middle and high performing students, though, can be given more options to test their ability.
Identify the key word
There are many students who can select the right option in multiple choice questions without much sweat. But there are many others who may need to some assistance in identifying the correct answer. In order to help the low ability students the teachers can underline the key terms within the questions. The students will then easily spot the most important words.
Answering in a group
Those students who are struggling can benefit a lot from group answering. When a teacher is aware that she has few weak students then the best course of action is to pair them and allow them to work in a pair. This gives the students an idea share ideas between and them and locate the correct answers as quickly as possible. Working in groups helps them to build their skills and gives them the required confidence to tackle these questions alone.
Differentiated test questions is the new approach in teaching as it tests the readiness, skills and interests of the child according to his or her ability. The children with low ability do not suffer from any sort of inferior complex in a classroom. Since different set/type of multiple questions is prepared for them, they feel very confident in the classroom and their success too is ensured.
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Friday, September 3, 2010

How to improve output of a home tutor

Managing home tutors and improving their efficiency depends much on the parents also. You need to follow some guidelines to achieve the maximum out put.

It is as good as a journey of investment with trial and error policies for most of the parents. Once you start searching for a good private tutor for your child, you will face so many obstructions right from area selection, to time scheduling to tuition fees. And above all the teaching nature and seriousness of the teacher well in advance. We can say you are about to organize part time wedding agreement between your student and the employed tutor. They need to understand each other first then talk about study pattern and everything else in the earth.

Therefore you can never be assured of being successful in arranging an ideal teaching companion for your kids. But you have many things to do with the ongoing process of tutoring services by the tutor you are paying every month. Though you can not change the teaching pattern drastically but it is possible to monitor and manage those hours. Let us see how best we can improve the relation and net output from this duo while in operation.

a. Be well wishers:

Mingle with the teacher and be close to his daily activities up to certain extent. You can do it while the tutor is about to leave your place after finishing his course of time. Show little interest to his professional activities during the day and ask about his families and other minutes. This way you can develop healthy relation with him as well as can address any serious issue where your student needs immediate attention. Discussing study related queries or forecasting comments on studentҀs expectation with home tutor often become so simple if you can improve your communication in a healthier way.

b. Never badmouth in front of student:

It is quite natural that you do not like a personal trait of a teacher coming to your home. But do not discuss or openly comment on it in front of your kid. This may hamper the respect and obedience your student has on his master. Never criticize a tutor among your neighbors or friends or mates. This can depress a tutor and negatively affect in his tutoring effort. Rather if any problem arises during study periods try to resolve it later in friendlier manner. Do not gossip on it any more. It is advisable to encourage him and positive appreciation from the student also can make him more energizing and serious to his responsibilities.

c. Keep him in loop:

You should not just blindly depend on the tutor for imparting knowledge to your student. Rather keep yourself updated on educational news and share it in front of both. This will help the tutor to get prepared for all such updating and latest happenings. Obviously he will regard you as a serious parent who knows how to monitor performance and efficiency of a student. This way you are helping both of them as well make the whole interaction quite informative. Keep a close watch on your student and tutors during tutoring session but dramatically. Do not forget to ask study progress in front of your child only, but make it twice in a week not frequently.

Certain precautions and strategies based on you tutorҀs activities can do real help to your student. It is good not to complain too much on tutor or student. Rather pacify the whole matter judiciously. Remember any home tutor will execute his job seriously if you are intelligent enough to drive him in your way with out his sharp notice. After all this is not just an investment of large sum every month .The career and future of your child is directly related to it. Both ways you can not be a silent spectator.

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Tutors Need Productivity Training.. A Very Important Aspect

Societal developments can never have any stationery phase. In any nation, their foundations are moulded by educational awareness and its healthy implementation. Educationalists play a major role in this progressive journey. Well, for students there is no dearth of innovative and modern coaching strategies available in our educational system.


But what about those tutors who are actually responsible for incorporating the best practice? ShouldnҀt we think of upgrading themselves with latest educational tools and training?

To stay competitive and survive in todayҀs market every educational institute must maximize the productivity and efficiency of all resources. The objective is very similar to an organizational development where employees have to go for rigorous improvement exercise and thus ensuring better output on every assignment.

 Let us understand some possibilities and evaluate those:

A) Members of teacher associations can attend routine based training and brainstorming session in their institute premises. These must be self-service, role-based, and periodically accessible to tutors. The agenda could be analysis of studentҀs feedback on their tutoring approach or it may include grievances sharing, new thoughts or plan to incorporate. Productive discussion with a noble focus can lead to perfection while executing the revival plans.


B)  Tutors can be a part of an online global community that renders unlimited access to free interactive training videos or the opportunity to participate in valuable chitchats. It is real worth staying up-to-date with industry news, educationalists interviews, expert profiles, and informative newsletters from different online resources like blogs, forums or news section.

C) Tutors must be allowed to master various educational softwares, their applications and thus learn with fun, intuitive, and hands-on projects.

D) Through conference, seminars, book fairs or educational mega-events, top-notch professorsҀ great personalities deliver communicative training. These are designed to increase productivity supported by proven timesaving tips and techniques. The objective is to upgrade skills to the next level using a unique training approach premeditated by industry professionals, university educators, and innovative researchers.

E) Our web introduces inherently measurable coaching methodologies that a school teacher or a private tutor can implement during their lecture session. For example, drawing out sets of observational data on studentҀs attention level, behaviour in respective classes may help in developing good tutoring strategy.

Thus, it is possible to make tutor time more fun and be more effective, improve learning relationships and enhance productivity.

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Basic Responsibility and Study Strategy of Tutoring


Tutorial and teaching profession is a huge responsibility. This is the profession when a teacher builds a future human being who will learn to lead in busy working world and find his/her own place to survive. Teacher student relationship is not about feeding knowledge, but making studentҀs career prospectus too.

The following could be suggestive point to improve learnerҀs engagement in studies by career news where one could find the highlighted points like academic atmosphere, importance of class work and understanding with live examples. Visiting in fishery plant or in a museum will create the illusions of animal and other objects which will let interest grow in learnerҀs mind.

Select the exercise that includes interest in term of game which will motivate learners at the same time. Making interest in studies is the best challenge in this world. But before start building eagerness of learning let yourself informed about the degree of interest, prior knowledge and current level of quality and attentiveness of your student. Life time example will bring interest and let learners gain the experience about the subject matter.
Then the time comes about the checking skills. Determine the activity of your student by assigning some reasoning test. Reasoning tests are those which contain fun and intellectuality at the same time. To make your student learn a topic or a particular issue, ask them practicing number of time. To accelerate their interest, start up regular class work session.

It is highly important to manage a classroom atmosphere. Atmosphere works a base of your system. Creating a peaceful and healthy class room management always results attentive mind of students. They gain interest on paper that you going to teach with you innovative style.

It always pays like a reward than anything when your student builds up interest of doing their job, writing, solving problem and actively participating in competitive sessions by their own responsibilities.

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Thursday, December 24, 2009

Tutors turning Onlineŀwhy?

If I ask what keeps you changing, reply would be need of the hour. You as citizen of a growing country got enough experienced with essence of Internet services till date. Could you have ever thought of searching teachers while relaxing at your drawing room at around 10 p.m ? Not even that prior to direct communication you got answer for most of your queries like teaching schedule, fees, approach, qualification and expertise everything. In case of any emergency get your complex assignment done or clear your doubt on a particular topic. Nothing to worry you are affectionate to such prompt and reliable service.

Some questions to tutors:

Հ Did you ever try to realize what makes the tutors gathered for registering themselves to a website?
Հ Why Gurukul system of early decades getting obsolete where students used to find and gather to a single teacher?
Հ What makes tuition environment so competitive?
Հ Why do you aim to gain wide popularity apart from being a local good teacher?
Հ How the education system has turned you custom made and student specific as compared to general approach?
Հ How and what is the mode of updating and upgrading your status and existence as an established tutor?
Հ What is the best way to drag students for your tuition service?
Հ Why do parent find for a good home tutor rather than a group tuition centre available at local place?
Հ How reliable and helpful information you find on the web?


Answers to all of the questions will led towards justified reply of the title query.

Things have changed very fast. But history repeats, might be in different form. In fact one to one teaching concept gets revitalized and proves worth of investment even now. Early 80s and 90s have seen growth in coaching centre, group tuition avenues. But once again waves turned back to its primitive root, Private tutor. If check the toll of growing home tuition agencies all around globe, one must be stunned to see the responses. Tutors are heavily dependent on web communities and online services. Hence web creates a platform for both student and teachers to understand better on their requirement part.

We at MyPrivateTutor.com simplify the task of searching students and tutors online. Once you register yourself in the website of MyPrivatetutor.com, get evidenced why tutors are turning Online. For any online help on tuition enquiry please be open to email us at info@myprivatetutor.com .

Thursday, September 24, 2009

A Real TeacherŀNext to God: How far you are?

DonҀt you feel proud when someone dedicates his award to you on a special day. Say it a tribute or gratitude, it is sheer love from your student. He takes the credit and share with you without any hesitation or selfishness.

Just alike after giving birth to a baby Mother doesnҀt get empty rather she gets filled up with so many bonding and relations. As more you dig your knowledge resource and pour every drops of it for your students, you get more enriched with power, vision and satisfactions. Its all about happiness and enthusiasm of a teacher that drives a student for all pains , sacrifice through out the year and then success. Can a good teacher take his student for granted ever when he is so much responsible for the most sought-after decision for parents . Experience the pure heart in a student who believes you most as his greatest mentor. Being a teacher not only you make yourself bound to a student but also to the society, nation and above all humanity. In this auspicious occasion of Teachers Day, feel proud as a great contributor for your social deeds.

Share such few enjoyable moments with My PrivateTutor.com today. Let your students know how precious they are for you. Send your wonderful tutoring experiences, valuable views on current education system or ideal private tutoring approach anything. We will be pleased to publish it in our blog that has been launched to celebrate September 05. It is our tribute to the Academic Philosopher of India Dr. Radhakrishnan. Send your stories at info @ myprivatetutor.com. Make it most for TeachersҀ Day.