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Helpful Class Acronyms
"LOTSA WIRES"
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What the teacher needs to do: |
What the student needs to do: |
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R - illustrate relationships both within a current lesson and between lessons and chapters A - Ask focused questions D - Promote dialogical thinking L - Laboratories I - Be Interactive T - Promote thinking in terms of HOW and WHY during class and between classes E - Emotion, expression and evaluating ideas S - Stimulate students with voice variation, pauses for thought, demonstrations, posters with color etc. C - Constructive and Concept teaching for synthesis U - Promote understanding (comprehension) R - Remembering through general techniques above plus acronyms etc. A - Discussion of Applications, Analysis, Appreciation M - Motivation ex: Through the teacher's own enthusiasm etc. P - Promote performance of students, ex: -Lab discussions |
L - Rev up listening skills O - Improve powers of observation T -Think in terms of HOW and WHY S - Do daily self checks on:
A - Awareness of what you are learning and WHY W - Write in own style on Lab reports, paragraph exams and in daily self checks I - Intended focus R - Practice:
E - self-evaluation, emotions S - Do teacher's note sheets, based on the text.
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