How Students Lead the Learning Experience at Democratic Schools | MindShift - 0 views
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The freedom of democratic school does not translate into license to do whatever students wish
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level of skill students need
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the ability to devote themselves to projects for as long as they want.
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Lindenwood University - Our Grades Were Broken: Overcoming Barriers and Challenges to I... - 0 views
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Abstract The purpose of this study was to describe the barriers and challenges school leaders face as they implement a standards-based grading (SBG) system. The researchers used a multiple case study methodology to investigate how key school leaders described their implementation journey at three schools that differed in size, demographics, and location. Purposeful sampling was used to identify key administrators at three different schools who were in the process of implementing a SBG system. Data were collected primarily via semi-structured interviews. In the analysis, researchers used three phases: horizontalization, thematizing, and textural-structural synthesis. Each of the three schools had very different implementation stories. Barriers in the process included: student information and grading systems, parents/community members, the tradition of grading and fear of the unknown, and the implementation dip. This study suggests that implementation of SBG must be purposeful and well communicated. That is, in order to enhance the likelihood of success, an intentional plan with a reasonable timeline, ongoing professional development and collaboration, and effective two-way communication about the purpose of grading is needed. Also maintaining A-through-F final grades-even as they simultaneously implement more progressive assessment and reporting strategies-is often seen as a necessary concession. Finally, the authors explicate SBG's relationship to competency-based education and professional learning communities (PLCs).
Why Teachers Should Join Twitter…What I have Learned as a Twitter Newbie « ad... - 0 views
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There is a community of networking and collaboration among educators from the U.S. and all over the world that I have missed out on.
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Free Technology for Teachers: How to Use Professor Word to Find SAT & ACT Vocabulary Wo... - 0 views
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Before We Flip Classrooms, Let's Rethink What We're Flipping To | Edutopia - 0 views
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blending video tutorials about complex concepts into a high-quality project-based curriculum has its place in the learning process.
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Years of research have proved that an individual's ownership of new knowledge comes through constructive, productive, creative activities, not through passive consumption of instructional tutorials or reading textbooks.
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