Consider your classroom:
- Do you see your students in categories?
- Are the bright ones in the front row (literally or figuratively)?
- In contrast, are the slower ones in the back?
- What about those average learners? You may be really surprised to learn that some in the back row actually have an ability to think more abstractly and make more meaningful connections than those who succeed so well in memorizing the school subjects.
Consider your teaching style:
- Do you tend to lower your expectations to a student’s curren level of functioning?
- Do you call on the first hand that is up to keep the lesson moving?
- Do you do most of the talking during a school day? Do you
- consider memorization the goal for mastery of a concept?
Consider your personal level of confidence and competence:
- Do you think you are a good teacher?
- Are you confident that all students in your class are learning?
- Do you give preferential treatment to the bright students who
- learn easily?
- Are struggling learners a chore or a welcome challenge?
- Do you believe your own thinking and learning are modifiable?
