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Steve Hiles

Online Learning: Revealing the Benefits and Challenges

The expansive nature of the Internet and the accessibility of technology have generated a surge in the demand for web based teaching and learning (Chaney, 2010). Distance learning is a

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

Your Discipline Plan and Consequences

Your Discipline Plan and the Consequences I think it is a very good idea to introduce your discipline plan and consequences on the very first day of school. Students need

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

How Classroom Assessments Can Improve Learning

Thomas R. Guskey Teachers who develop useful assessments, provide corrective instruction, and give students second chances to demonstrate success can improve their instruction and help students learn. Large-scale assessments, like

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

Give Second Chances to Demonstrate Success

To become an integral part of the instructional process, assessments cannot be a one-shot, do-or-die experience for students. Instead, assessments must be part of an ongoing effort to help students

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

The Benefits of Assessments

“Using classroom assessment to improve student learning is not a new idea. More than 30 years ago, Benjamin Bloom showed how to conduct this process in practical and highly effective

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

The Particulars of an Online Course

Communication is notably one of the most crucial elements to an effective online course. Lehmann states “communication is what separates true online learning from Web-based tutorials” (2004, p. 9). Interaction

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

Online Learners

Factors for Success A study conducted by Kirtman revealed survey responses from online learners that “were so overwhelmingly positive that the issue of students satisfaction cannot be ignored” (2009, p.

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

Your Discipline Plan and the Consequences

I think it is a very good idea to introduce your discipline plan and consequences on the very first day of school. Students need to know from the ‘get-go’ what

Teacher Tips
Steve Hiles

Is it Anticipation, Nerves, or Just Plain Fear?

The first day of school looms ahead – and you find yourself biting your nails. It does not matter if you are a veteran teacher who has taught for thirty

Steve Hiles

I am a retired military and elementary school teacher living in Tennessee. I am an avid reader and love to write. I am very passionate about helping teachers. I hope you find my educational tips and strategies useful and enjoy hearing about my personal journey. Thanks for visiting!

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