Levels of understanding

Ideas for helping students begin to understand the meaning of letter and number grades so that grades are a learning tool!

What level are you listening at? 👂 There are so many different ways that you can listen to someone, from barely paying attention to the other person to using all your listening and empathising skills to try to understand how they are thinking and feeling. While not all conversations require us to use empathic listening (that would be draining and unstainable!), there are critical moments and close relationships which deserve this level of attention and effort.

I have created a visual representation of Kirkpatrick’s Four Levels of Evaluation model, boiling it down to its’ most simple form.

Behaviour Management Toolkit Posters - R.I.C. Publications - A set of six colourful A2-sized posters with easy-to-read text, aimed at the students’ level of understanding.

Numbers indicating the prevalence of dyslexia are really terrifying. According to ldonline, 5 to 15 percent of Americans—14.5 to 43.5 million children and adults— have dyslexia. Not only this, 1 out of every 5 individual is at risk of developing dyslexia at some point in their life. If take the whole world into account, we reach some really crazy numbers.

Question stems can be used as thinking prompts for class discussions, prompting, and various forms of assessment.

15 minutes a day of homework can help build our basic needs of self-esteem and confidence. According to Abraham Maslow, psychiatrist and psychology professor, when we meet our basic human needs, we learn more effectively and learning becomes easier. Read the article below to learn more. Maslow Hierarchy of Basic Human Needs

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