Using Language to Maximize Learning
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Educators often worry that what they teach goes in one ear and out the other, but the right language can help produce a more engaged and efficient classroom, said Jenny Edwards in her ASCD Annual Conference session "How to Talk So Students Learn."
Creating a learning environment that conveys excitement, relates content to students' lives, and makes students feel comfortable and intelligent will engage students in the lesson and help them internalize the information.
Edwards, a faculty member at the Fielding Graduate University for the doctoral program in education, leadership, and change and author of Inviting Students to Learn: 100 Tips for Talking Effectively With Your Students, knows firsthand that a teacher's enthusiasm can change students'