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10 Quick Ways to Bring Humour to Your Classroom

26th January 2018
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Want some ideas for bringing humour into your classroom? Then look no further as we’ve 10 ideas for you right here!… 1. Tell your students to do the ‘Dying z’ whenever a question is too

5 Techniques for Learning Student Names Quickly!

23rd January 2018
/ Classroom Management Strategies Lesson Improvement Student Engagement Student/teacher relationships

Want a way to connect with your students? Then what better way than learning the names of your new students as quickly as possible. Here are 5 tips to help you achieve just that… 1. Name Chain Ask

Three MORE Ways to Make Praise More Effective

18th January 2018
/ Classroom Management Articles Classroom Management Strategies Lesson Improvement Motivating students Student Engagement

Way back in August 2017, we published a blog post titled ‘Three Ways to Make Praise More Effective’… Three Ways to Make Praise More Effective We received a lot of POSITIVE comments

A quick, fun way to encourage learning

25th August 2017
/ Lesson Improvement Motivating students Student Engagement

Teach-back activities are fun ways to encourage students to cement their learning by teaching others what they have been taught – by demonstrating, explaining and teaching. Remember the saying ‘You

Three Ways to Make Praise More Effective

18th August 2017
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Here are some ways of improving praise so that it creates the kind of positive changes you want to see in your challenging students… Effective Praise Enhancer # 1: Make it SPECIFIC. Let’s make a concerted

Consolidate learning with mini-reviews

7th August 2017
/ Lesson Improvement Motivating students Student Engagement Student/teacher relationships

Mini Reviews are a fantastic way to consolidate or reinforce any piece of learning in a fun, active way. I have used these successfully with all ages – young children in school right through to

Brilliant Review Activity – Gets ALL Your Students Involved

13th July 2017
/ Lesson Improvement Motivating students Student Engagement
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This plenary activity is fantastic for getting students to work collaboratively. It’s very ingenious (some would say downright sneaky) and effectively results in EVERY STUDENT taking part. If you would

About Rob Plevin..

As a new teacher in a comprehensive school, I really struggled to maintain control in the classroom before finally discovering how certain key strategies would lead to an immediate improvement in the way challenging students responded to me. Using these principles as a foundation I went on to develop a complete system for preventing and dealing with behaviour problems and improving student motivation in the classroom.

The ideas are easy to implement and work FAST. I've spent the last 10 years teaching these techniques and concepts to literally THOUSANDS of teachers and lecturers in schools and colleges all over the world and their comments on this site should convince you that this system works.

Category Archives for Student Engagement

10 Quick Ways to Bring Humour to Your Classroom

5 Techniques for Learning Student Names Quickly!

Three MORE Ways to Make Praise More Effective

A quick, fun way to encourage learning

Three Ways to Make Praise More Effective

Consolidate learning with mini-reviews

Brilliant Review Activity – Gets ALL Your Students Involved

25 Ways to get silence from a noisy group

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