Teach life skills.

If it’s not worth teaching, it’s not worth testing.

There is nothing on the test that should not be in the curriculum.

Create bridges between students natural intelligences and learning styles.
 

Each learner is unique.

Approach learning through different pathways.

Expect everyone to achieve.
 

Research has found that cooperative learning is the number one strategy for increased student achievement.

Students need to work frequently in small groups to improve their ability to be part of a team effort
 

Test-taking skills is a metacognitive strategy that empowers students.

Teachers teach students how to be good learners as well as good test-takers.
 

Learners use what they know to help them understand something new.

Teach students to look for similarities, common groupings.

Attach meaning to a subject by linking it to something familiar.
 

Displaying things graphically, students must organize large amounts of knowledge.

Makes students think visibly.
 

Use question to probe for what student do not understand.

Think aloud activities 

Remembering lists, 
    e.g., states
Remembering data, 
    e.g., formulas
Remembering rules, 
    e.g., i before e, etc.
 

Teachers can establish broad parameters and still give students choices.

When students are interested in knowing something, they are much more likely to learn it.