Case
Student Remediation

Ms. Phillips currently teaches a remediation class to 8 students. The class is designed to help remediate students who struggle in science based on either their CRCT scores or their grade averages from the previous year. However, all of the students in the remediation class currently have an A or B in their current science class. Ms. Phillips seems to find that if she presents information at a lower level students seem to get bored and lose interest, and if she presents it at a higher level the students get frustrated. What are some good strategies or practices that Ms. Phillips could use as part of her science remediation class that will keep the students motivated and ensure success on future testing?

Posted on: 10/18/14 | Views: 849
Solution #1
Ms. Phillips needs to incorporate The Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Problem-Based learning into her curriculum and lesson planning. Students drive the pace and difficulty of the lessons through natural differentiation of the students. These lesson planning does not take any more time than regular planning, and incorporates the students interests naturally into real-world based problems. They get really excited because they feel that they can make a difference! The learning, motivation, and engagement comes in the process.
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Solution #2
Having the students complete activities on their interest level will help the students to not be bored or frustrated within the classroom. When students are working not only on the academic level they are currently on but also with the interest and learning style they are comfortable with will help them with their remediation.
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Solution #3
Possibly at the beginning of the classes she can give a pretest (not graded) and have a variety of questions at all levels of learning. Then having a comment space at the bottom, having students write what they feel like they need more help on, what they have interests in learning more about, etc. That way she has a range of things that can be taught more in this class, and the students will feel like they are being heard.
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