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Description Setting high expectations involves requiring learners to put in maximum effort during their lessons. High expectations do not mean expecting all learners to meet a certain standard. Instead, it means expecting each learner to try to beat their own personal best. Advantages
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What Does It Mean To Have High Expectations For Your Students?The term high expectations is now synonymous with Carol Dweck and her work on Growth Mindset. Your students will live up (or down!) to your expectations. Student achievement is strongly affected by what the teacher expects of them and this has been demonstrated by many educational researchers. The first and most famous experiment is known as the Pygmalion effect.
Rosenthal and Jacobson referred to this as the Pygmalion Effect. Read more on the Art and Science and a 4 – step process for high expectations for students. Carol Dweck in her book, Mindset: How You Can Achieve Your Potential tells of a researcher by the name of Falko Rheinberg, who studied how students’ academic achievement and progress is influenced by the teachers’ mindset about intellectual ability. What she found was that when teachers believe that ability is fixed, the students end the year at the same level as when they began the year i.e. if students were in the bottom group at the beginning of the year, then they were in the bottom group at the end of the year. When teachers taught with a growth mindset, it didn’t matter where the students began, all students progressed and developed to a much higher degree. There was much more movement between ability groups as students learned and improved. It is more helpful to ask, ‘How can I teach these students this content?’ rather than ‘Can I teach them?’ and ‘How will they learn best?’ rather than ‘Can they learn?’ Early in my career I taught a boy who was repeating Kindergarten because at the end of a year of school he still could not read his name or even the word ‘I’. At the end of another year of schooling in my class, he could still not read. I often think about him and how there must have been something different that I could have done. Perhaps he had decided that he would never be able to learn to read because of his experiences. I cannot help thinking that more of a growth mindset on my part would have made a difference. Further teaching resources:Why Fair Does Not Necessarily Mean ‘The Same’ and Using Logical Consequences and Their Importance For Learning Dealing With Varying Student Needs How To Set High Expectations For Students1. Convey Confidence In Your StudentsLet students know that you believe in them and speak positively about students to other staff. If you know the task is particularly difficult, tell the students, but also let them know that you are sure they will do well if they work hard. Develop rapport with students through non-verbal signals such as smiling and nodding to give encouragement. Further teaching resources:Non Verbal Ways To Manage Student Behaviour How To Improve Student And Teacher Wellbeing At The Same Time 2. Give Opportunities To ContributeWhen students are given a chance to voice their opinions and learning in a validating atmosphere they learn better and achieve higher results. Further teaching resources:7 Secrets To Getting The Most From Your Students What About Student Voice? 3. Give Specific FeedbackIndividualised feedback (not simply ‘good job’) has one of the highest effect sizes on student achievement (according to many educational researchers), allowing students to use the feedback to improve. 4. Provide High Levels Of SupportFor students to achieve their potential they need:
Further teaching resources:Dealing With Varying Student Needs Teaching Strategies: How To Make Differentiation A Breeze How To Engage Students Not Contain Students 5. Use The Goldilocks PrincipleFor students to be motivated they need to feel that the task is achievable, but not so easy that it doesn’t challenge them. It is about finding the ideal level of work that will stimulate the desire for learning without disheartening the student. This means providing tasks that are not too easy, not too hard, but just right! Further teaching resources:How To Motivate Your Students 10 Ways To Deal With A Student Who Won’t Engage Do you set high expectations for your students?Do they respond?Which of the following are benefits to giving children decision making authority in the classroom quizlet?Which of the following are benefits to giving children decision making authority in the classroom? They learn how to make good decisions about their learning. They learn how to be self-determining learners. They feel invested in the task(s) or project(s) of the classroom.
What is the best way for students to understand and consistently follow classroom rules and procedures?According to research, what is the best way for students to understand and consistently follow classroom rules and procedures? Students should be able to see posted classroom rules and procedures and should also be taught the rules and procedures.
Which of the following explanations provides a strong support of the role of active listening in the classroom quizlet?Which of the following explanations provides a strong support of the role of active listening in the classroom? Teachers are able to pose questions that allow for individual students to think more deeply about the content area.
How does a strong classroom management plan allow for the teaching and learning of content group of answer choices?How does a strong classroom management plan allow for the teaching and learning of content? Classroom management gives students the structure they need in order to engage in academic lessons.
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