The key to good grades is enabling each student to keep up with each lesson. The reality is that the most get lost in a lesson or fail to put in the effort to thereafter keep up. This is much their cause of misunderstanding and confusion as each lesson progresses. A most valuable technique I had developed, while working in a university in Japan where I had 130 students in my classes, is to line the class up in two rows. In this way, each student will question or help the partner facing them. When used correctly, this technique helps to ensure that every single student understands all of their lesson and gains the confidence to take their control over their own learning.
This is the most valuable tip I can give to an educator, but knowing of it and knowing how to use it is not the same. So, I invite any interested educationalist to read up on how to do this most effectively. It works from small children to undergraduates. In fact, I use this when lecturing to professors. It enables each a chance to catch up on a point they missed in this or a previous lesson and so prevents misunderstands and confusion in learning. You will see how much everyone loves it. It is a valuable part of the concept of a Classroom of Inquiry…