Title: Avoiding Teacher Bias and Erroneous Beliefs
Headings: Avoiding Teacher Bias and Erroneous Beliefs
Avoiding Teacher Bias and Erroneous Beliefs
Some Students Can't Learn
It Is Impossible to Individualize Instruction
Gifted Students Need No Extra Help
High School Students Require Less Praise
A Teacher's Job Is to Present the Curriculum
Once a Bad Student, Always a Bad Student

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A Teacher's Job Is to Present the Curriculum
Teachers are handed a set of standards, a curriculum, that they are required to teach. Some teachers believe that their job is simply to present the students with the material and then test their comprehension. This is too simplistic. The teacher's job is to teach, not present. Otherwise, a teacher would simply assign students a reading in the textbook and then test them on the information. Sadly, some teachers do just that. A teacher needs to find the best method for presenting each lesson. Since students learn in different ways, it is important ​to facilitate learning by varying your instructional techniques. Whenever possible, make connections to reinforce student learning, including: