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Melissa Pietricola

Litz - Student-directed Assement in ESL/EFL: Designing Scoring Rubrics with Students (T... - 1 views

  • negotiable contracting and his research shows that students who are given a role in the assessment process and provided with the appropriate direction by their teachers are able to accurately evaluate their strengths and weaknesses and better pinpoint areas where they need to focus their efforts for improvement
  • develop a clearer picture of the task and their teacher's expectations while the teachers reported that they had clearer instructional goals
  • As a result, students typically perform at higher levels and gradually come to view assessment not as an arbitrary form of reward or humiliation, but rather as a positive tool for educational enrichment and growth.
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  • In this way the teacher presents his or her own expectations for the assigned work but also asks the students their opinion of what they think would constitute quality work
    • Melissa Pietricola
       
      This might be the greatest asset; having the students articulate what they think is quality work.
  • openness and accomplishment
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    student created assessment tools
Melissa Pietricola

Effective Peer Review: Leveraging the Learning Management System « Authentic ... - 2 views

  • minimize the load on the teacher and maximize the benefits of peer review
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    this is the most helpful one.
alexandra m. pickett

Critical thinking In the classroom - 3 views

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    This is comprehensive and cohesive, unlike a lot of stuff I have come across on critical thinking in the Internet. I will use this as a resource in my course. Actually this is useful in multiple settings. Great stuff.
Joan Erickson

College Offers Macbook or iPad - Technorati Lifestyle - 0 views

  • iPad, a mobile device known for its networking and E-textbook capabilities,
  • laptop, which offers more computing horsepower
Joy Quah Yien-ling

Social Presence in the Community of Inquiry Model: The Students' Viewpoint - 0 views

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    The importance of affective factors in establishing social presence in an online learning environment.
Shoubang Jian

Supporting Peer Review and Self-Assessment - Digital Media Center - University of Minne... - 0 views

  • Peer review activities cast students in the role of teachers by asking them to read and evaluate a fellow student's work.
    • Shoubang Jian
       
      Peer review may be done without putting students in the role of teachers.
Mike Fortune

Some educators question if whiteboards, other high-tech tools raise achievement - 1 views

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    Under enormous pressure to reform, the nation's public schools are spending millions of dollars each year on gadgets from text-messaging devices to interactive whiteboards that technology companies promise can raise student performance.
alexandra m. pickett

Teaching with rubrics - 27-31 Andrade Win 05 - 2 views

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    A good reminder, since I plan to use rubrics downloaded from websites to guide my students in their projects: "Anyone can download a rubric from the Web, but using it to support good instruction is another matter" because "...rubrics are not a replacement for good instruction. Even a fabulous rubric does not change the fact that students need models, feedback, and opportunities to ask questions, think, revise, and so on."
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