Connecting the Student-Centered Classroom

Building Relationships

Personal Skills => Self-Actualization

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Attention: Necessary for Thinking

Sustained

Directed

Selective

Divided

Focused

Maslow's Hierarchy: Certain Needs Must Be Met Before Academic Achievement Occurs

Physiological

Safety

Love

Esteem

Self-Actualization

Motivation: Necessary and Desirable Topics

Intrinsic: Brain-Based

Extrinsic: Rewards & Punishment

Glasser's Hierarchy: Choice Theory of Motivation

Survival

Love

Power

Freedom

Fun

Learning Styles

Visual

Auditory

Kinesthetic & Tactile

Understanding Needs Helps Teachers Offer a Variety of Choices to Students

Advanced Organizers

Call on Prior Knowledge

Help Students Focus

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