Putting Strategies into Practice

The by NAEYC can help guide decision making in this area.

1. Acknowledge
2. Encourage
3. Give specific feedback
4. Model
5. Demonstrate
6. Create or add challenge
7. Ask questions
8. Give assistance
9. Provide information
10. Give directions

Instructions

• Watch the following video:
• Select four positive teaching strategies you feel the teacher modeled in her activity.
• Write a reflection describing how the teacher modeled each positive teaching strategy for the age group, and explain how the teaching strategy impacts childrens self-esteem. Include a formatted title page. (A template has been provided for your use and is located in Additional Resources.)

Make sure to include:

• Reflection
• Title page
• All work should be formatted using professional language and tone, and correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation should be used.

Submission Requirements

Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

If submitting a Word or PowerPoint document, save your assignment. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

Jstudent_exampleproblem_101504

Additional Resources

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