| Northwest Classen High School Oklahoma City, OK Telannia Norfar's students were so engrossed in a recent project - collecting and analyzing data to improve the quality and selection of food in their school cafeteria - that their class time would vanish long before they were ready for it to be over. To accommodate the students, Norfar and her colleagues opened their classrooms to them at the end of the day, so they could continue their work. "They loved this project," said Norfar, a ninth-grade math teacher at Northwest Classen High School in Oklahoma City. "Even the students who were not usually motivated to learn were excited about it." |
An article from "Flashes " Newsletter, October, 2008Read More |