
Four Ways to Foster Positive Student Relationships
Middle school can be a socially awkward time for students, but these activities can help them feel more at ease with their peers.
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Middle school can be a socially awkward time for students, but these activities can help them feel more at ease with their peers.

Providing feedback is proven to increase student learning, and there are ways to make the work involved more manageable.

Neuroscience can suggest ways to keep students working toward their learning goals after their initial excitement wears off.

Coaching students to think in terms of concepts helps them understand how to apply their learning in the future.

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

Children often struggle to pay attention, but when they are given a task they view as challenging or hard, they are even more likely to give up before truly trying. If you notice a child that is regularly losing focus…

Including emotion regulation activities in math lessons can help elementary students learn the content more effectively.

Quick breaks that help students refocus so they can return to work feeling centered and ready to learn.

Young children want friends but don’t always know how to treat them, so promoting heathy ideas about friendship in preschool is key.

Understanding how the online encyclopedia functions helps students learn how to conduct research and distinguish fact from fiction.

A simple exercise helps students explore audience and argumentation.

A teacher shares her best practices for establishing strong relationships with her class at the start of the school year.
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