I introduction classroom management is the process of forming a learning environment that is conducive for students

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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

6 Activities That Inspire A Goal-Setting Mindset In Students

From daily sticky notes to multi-week hopes and dreams conferences, here are six activities to help foster a goal-setting (and goal-achieving) mentality in students.

By Paige Tutt
March 25, 2022

When researchers from the University of Scranton tracked 200 people who had made New Year’s resolutions, they found that close to 80 percent kept their pledges for one week—but just 19 percent managed to stick to them for a period of two years.
There are plenty of reasons resolutions fall flat. We tend to set “unattainable goals—ones that are too difficult for us to meet because we don’t have the energy, skills, or resources required to bring them to fruition,” writes Haiyang Yang, an associate professor at Johns Hopkins University, for the Harvard Business Review. Often, our goals are too vague, or we neglect to plan for unanticipated “external forces,” Yang and his co-authors assert.
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STUDENT ENGAGEMENT

Encouraging Shy Students to Speak Up in Class

Advice for creating a supportive environment where shy students feel comfortable participating—from a teacher who was one of those students.
By Rachel Fuhrman
March 25, 2022

Some students thrive on the opportunity to share their voices. They embrace the thrill of standing before their peers and reading, debating, or demonstrating. Some students, however, do not.
As a teacher, you have likely had both of these kinds of students in your class before, and it can be difficult to figure out the best way to engage your shy students in classroom discussions and activities.