Description
- The different types of grouping
- How to determine if groups are appropriate for a specific lesson
- The skills students need to operate effectively in groups
- Roles and resources for group work
- How to encourage team identity
- Assessment tools for group learning
Presenter Bio
Lisa Van Gemert shares best practices in education with audiences around the world using a combination of neuropsychology, pedagogy, experience, humor, technology and sheer fun. She is an expert consult to television shows including Lifetime’s “Child Genius,” and a writer of award-winning lesson plans, as well as numerous published articles on social psychology and pedagogy and the book, Perfectionism: A Practical Guide to Managing Never Good Enough. A former teacher, school administrator, and Youth & Education Ambassador for Mensa, she shares resources for educators and parents on her website giftedguru.com and is co-founder with Ian Byrd of the Gifted Guild, a professional community for educators of the gifted. Lisa and her husband Steve are the parents of three sons and live in Arlington, Texas.
Diana – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great course good classroom strategies to use for small group instructions.
Julie – CARLISLE LOCAL (verified owner) –
great ideas to reinforce group learning
Norma – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Liked the section on teaching the skills on how to work in a group.
Laura – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
Katrina – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
I was expecting this to be about small group targeted intervention/guided reading with a focus on how to group and meet the needs of our GT students. But, the focus was more on students working together in small groups.
ELVIA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed listening and learning all the different parts of a good small group instruction. It entails much more than what I thought in order for it to be successful.
NANCY Y – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent ideas
JANICE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
I felt the presenter kept my attention and had very good points.
Lindsey – Springfield City School District (verified owner) –
Some great ideas
Melinda – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course and had lots of information that can be used fairly quickly and implemented well.