Friday, November 21, 2008

Process Journal #2

After making a video about effective an ineffective error correction techniques, it really helped me process that pointing out a students errors infront of the entire class and dwelling on every error can be very detrimental to the student. It can cause them to participate less and be less motivated to learn.

However, there are positives about correcting a student's errors for example creating an environment where errors are not dwelled upon in the classroom, but it is understood that everyone makes mistakes and that it is the process of learning. One way to make this apparent in the classroom is to point out your own errors like I did in one of my skits. I played the role of a teacher, and shared experiences where i have said something incorrectly. Also not picking on one individual student rather generalize student errors as a class. Teachers should never single out one particular student.

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