Learning about Teaching
If the students don’t get it, what’s the point?
By Andrea Conklin Bueschel

Too often, it is easy to assume that students who don’t appear motivated or who aren’t achieving at a high level don’t care what happens in the classroom. In fact, it may be these students who care the most. Unlike the highest achieving students who are likely to succeed almost regardless of instruction, the students who are struggling with basic English and math are painfully aware how much teaching matters. Given their often precarious grasp of the material, they understand that

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