Effective Teaching

Growth & Development Domains

100

At gym class today, Ms. Smith created an obstacle course where children are practicing balancing, jumping, and throwing balls at targets.

Physical Development 

200

Sally is playing the “Clue” game where she has to remember clues about different characters to solve a multi-step mystery.

Cognitive Development 

300

During circle time, students take turns sharing their feelings about a conflict that happened at recess yesterday, discussing how it made them feel.

Social-Emotional Development 

Effective Teaching Strategies

100

Before students go off and write their own essays, Mr. Thomas writes an essay and shares it on the board with the class talking through his thought process and the exact way to structure each paragraph. 

Modeling 

200

For the final Mrs. R allows some students to create video presentations, others to write a paper, and some to build a physical model based on their learning styles. 

Differentiation 

300

Mr. Wilson divides her class into four groups and assigns each group with a different plant part to research. The groups will work together to create and present a lesson plan using what they found.

Collaborative Learning