Top 10 Fundamentals of Evidence-based Teaching

1. Clear course goals

It is important that you understand what students should learn in each lesson. Clear class goals can help you (and your students) focus other aspects of your class on the essentials.

2. Show and tell

Once you know what students should know and be able to do at the end of the course, you need to tell them what they need to know and how to complete the tasks they should do.

3. Ask questions to verify understanding

Techniques such as random sampling, student answer boards, and telling friends will help you check your understanding before the show begins and tells part of the lesson, while you can use different questioning techniques at different stages of the lesson.

4. Graphically summarize the new learning content

Graphical outlines include, for example, mind maps, flowcharts, and Venn diagrams. Discussing graphic summaries is a great way to end and present your show. You can refer to it again at the end of the course.

5. Many exercises

Practice can help students retain what they have learned and skills, while giving you the opportunity to test your understanding.

6. Give students feedback

Unlike compliments, which focus on students rather than tasks, feedback allows your students to have a concrete understanding of their outstanding performance, where they are, and how to improve themselves.

7. Flexible how long to study

When you apply proficient learning, you distinguish in different ways. You can maintain your learning goals, but change the time you give each child success. It's easier said than done because the classes are crowded. However, we can all do this to a certain extent.

8. Mistakes

If you accidentally misspelled words on the blackboard, you know that students like to recognize mistakes. When you teach a new skill, give an example full of errors. Let students practice skills by identifying and correcting errors for you.

9. Experience learning

Students learn and then create experiences to see the concepts in action. Let them practice the concepts in a safe environment. So you should think about the experience and discuss what you learned from it. Classroom activities that you can undertake to learn through experience include fun games, experiments, or simulations.

10. Classroom discussion

Another way for students to teach themselves is through classroom discussions. As students take turns discussing the topic, you can assess their knowledge and find out which students have mastered these concepts and to what extent.