Learning+By+The+Student

= ** “Learning has to be done by the students, it cannot be done for them” ** =

** Though the statement is the general consensus by the teachers, there are many ways that the "learning" can be aided: **
· ** How to carry it out from start to finish, in steps or break it in modules ** · ** Show the end product to the students, so that students have a visual target (maybe even better it!) ** · ** Involve Students: either ask them how to do something or what to do, what comes next etc. **
 * 1) ** Clear Targets: Set and emphasize targets. Get the student's to re-iterate the expectations before starting their work. **
 * 2) Contextualise: Format the learning to something that the students can relate to.
 * 3) ** Demonstrate: Show the task to the students: **

//** Other techniques: **//

 * 1) ** Healthy competition **
 * 2) ** Collaborative work: Pair or group students in mixed ability where the low ability students can learn from their peers and medium/high ability students can benefit from their peer's ideas, knowledge and understanding. **
 * 3) ** Self/Peer Evaluations: Get the students to self reflect (maybe even against a set of pre-defined standards). Peer evaluation can result in students identifying the shortcomings without being too harsh (like when a teacher does it). Peers can often see their peer's perspective easily through "their own talk" rather than the formal means of communications (used between students and teacher). **