Fourth Interview Questions

1) What is the best teaching method a first grade teacher can use?

2) What do you think of using Direct Instruction with first grade students?

3) In what subject or skill does Direct Instruction help with the most? How?

4) What do you think of using Differentiating Instruction with first grade students?

5) In what subject or skill does Differentiating Instruction help with the most? How?

6) What teaching method do you believe helps the most with first grade student’s reading comprehension skills? Why?

7) What important quality should a teaching method have, in order to help the majority of the students with their academic performance?

8) How can a teaching method be proven successful? What is successful in this situation?

9) What is a subject area first grade students need most help in nowadays, based on your experience and knowledge?

10) What teaching method do you believe helps ELL (English Language Learners) students learn the required grade one content more efficiently (as in quicker and knows the content well)?

11) What do you believe are some significant reasons that make an at risk student at risk?

12) What can you tell me about Total Physical Response? Give examples of how you used it in your first grade class?

13) In what areas is Total Physical Response more effective, with first grade students?

14) What do you know of Small Group Instruction? What are important features that distinguish it from other methods?

15) How often do you use Small Group Instruction? Why?

16) What teaching method (s) have you commonly used within your time teaching (not just with first graders)? Why?

17) How does the diversity of students affect the way you teach, your techniques, and such?

18) What has proven to be the best way to engage students and keep them motivated? Why do believe this is so?

19) How do you manage helping the students who are scoring below average within a class advance, while keeping the advanced students in their place?

20) What credible sources do you know of that may help me with my topic Teaching First Grade or specifically with teaching methods?