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Taking Academic Risks

How can we help all of our students feel comfortable taking academic risks?

There are very specific -and easy -practices you can engage in to encourage academic risk taking.

The resources below spell them out:

A Classroom Full of Risk Takers

The website (also available as a podcast) to the right, has some great tips on making a classroom an academically safe space. The suggestions are:

BUILD IN MORE CHECKS FOR UNDERSTANDING

TEACH STUDENTS HOW TO ASK QUESTIONS

PROVIDE TIME FOR PRIVATE QUESTIONS

CREATE CONTINGENCY PLANS

ASK YOUR STUDENTS

Is Your Classroom Academically Safe?So much of learning depends on whether your students feel comfortable taking risks. Here are some suggestions for making your classroom an academic safe space.

The blog post to the right has 6 concrete ways to challenge your students more:

Practice “Demand High” teaching

Use student goal-setting

Foster student self-evaluation

Incorporate public speaking

Encourage a growth mindset

Experiment with technology

Six ways to challenge your students more - EF TeacherZone BlogAre you students doing fine - but need a little kick start? We feel you. Read on for six clear ways to up the challenge in your class.

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