Student teachers at WJMS

Teacher takes pupils to task

William James Middle School eighth-grader Neha Aggarwal, 13, left, helps classmate Carl Cartee, 13, learn about the wave nature of light. According to teacher Rob Lindsey, students get more one-on-one time learning time from their classmates, and that learning how to teach their subjects helps students retain the information.

022813 STUDENT LED INSTRUCTION 02 — William James Middle School eighth-grader Neha Aggarwal, 13, left, helps classmate Carl Cartee, 13, learn about the wave nature of light. According to teacher Rob Lindsey, students get more one-on-one time learning time from their classmates, and that learning how to teach their subjects helps students retain the information.

A novel concept is making waves and improving grades at William James Middle School. In his sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grade science classes, teacher Rob Lindsey believes the only thing better than one instructor working closely with students is about 22 doing so.Lindsey is pioneering a teaching method that is relatively new to Bulloch County, known as “student-led instruction,” which asks every student to not only learn the material they’ll soon be tested on, but teach it to classmates. The new technique asks and expects more from kids, who no longer have the luxury of sitting back while a teacher lectures.

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