Archive for February 2nd, 2008

I had a student who simply wouldn’t open up his book to Chapter 13, sections 2 and 3 and work on his World War I timeline.
The classic “this-is-part-of-your-grade” approach didn’t work, as didn’t combining the ”you-have-time-in-class” and the “you-might-as-well-do-it” methods.
Humiliation wasn’t something I wanted to try. I was a substitute teacher at the time, and this [...]