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#SBGchat on SBG, HW, Retakes, etc. - 5/22/13 (with images, tweets) · thomascm... - 1 views

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    This is a great hashtag to keep an eye on in Twitter. The weekly chats are also excellent. Check out this storify to get an idea about the thinking/discussions that take place....
Blair Peterson

I have a cunning plan… | Cooperative Catalyst - 0 views

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    While most of this article is about differentiation, he does talk about a new grading program that allows teachers to submit individual assignments for each student.
Colleen Broderick

Understanding Formative Assessment: A Special Report - Education Week - 3 views

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    Excellent collection on formative assessment
Blair Peterson

Student Sinks Impossible Shot To Secure Entire Class 100s On Organic Chemistry Quiz - 0 views

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    Impressive feat but it has nothing to do with academic performance. The grade is meaningless if you are trying to determine what the students know and are able to do.
Blair Peterson

The shocking truth about competency based education - The Edvocate - 0 views

  • “Three important developments stand to dramatically change the way we think about degree programs and pathways: The rapid adoption of competency-based education (CBE) programs, often using industry and employer authority for guiding the creation of the competencies and thus programs An eventual move to suborganizational accreditation, with Title IV funds available for credits, courses, and microcredentials offered by new providers in new delivery models, part of the accelerating trend toward “unbundling” higher education Increasing recognition that postsecondary education will no longer be contained to the existing and traditional degree levels but will instead be consumed at various levels of granularity—less than full degree programs and continuing throughout lives and careers”
Blair Peterson

Competency-Based Education: What It Is, How It's Different, and Why It Matters to You -... - 0 views

  • Competency-based education turns the traditional model on its head. Instead of awarding credits based on how much time students spend learning, this model awards credits based on whether students can prove they have mastered competencies—the skills, abilities, and knowledge required in an area of study.
  • By focusing on what you know rather than how much time you spend learning, competency-based education puts you in charge of your education as never before.
  • The Flexible Option recognizes and rewards prior learning by giving you the opportunity to pass assessments using knowledge you already have. You study only the material you need to master and never spend time or money revisiting things you already know. In addition, an Academic Success Coach will work with you to customize your learning plan based on your knowledge and goals.
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  • Academic Success Coach
Blair Peterson

Do you teach individuals or 'average' students? | Times Higher Education (THE) - 1 views

  • “dynamic systems approach, [which] starts by assuming individuals vary, and seeks to identify stable patterns within that variability”. This, of course, requires rather different training and analytical tools.
  • In order to rise to this challenge, Rose believes that universities need to stop offering “a batch process” and cater far more flexibly to what real individual students (rather than idealised average students)
  • Institutions should switch their focus from “grades” to “competency”, partly determined by employers and professional associations, so that students acquire the job-related skills they require and employers become stakeholders in the university system.
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  • There are two obvious problems with grades. By reducing very different factors, such as achievement, attitude, behaviour and effort, to a single mark, they tend to represent a very crude measure.
Blair Peterson

Practical PBL: The Ongoing Challenges of Assessment | Edutopia - 1 views

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    Good ideas for assessing and grading group projects.
Blair Peterson

PBL: What Does It Take for a Project to Be "Authentic"? | Edutopia - 0 views

  • A not-authentic "dessert project" would involve the kind of assignment students are typically given in school: compose an essay, create a poster or model, write and present a book report, or make a PowerPoint presentation on a topic they've researched.
  • Beyond their teacher and maybe their classmates, there's no public audience for students' work, no one actually uses what they create, and the work they do is not what people do in the real world.
  • PBL means students are doing work that simulates what happens in the world outside of school. In a project that is somewhat authentic, students could play a role (as in choice "c" above) -- scientists, engineers, advisors to the President, website designers, etc. -- who are placed in a scenario that reflects what might actually occur in the real world. Or students could create products that, although they are not actually going to be used by people in the real world, are the kinds of products people do use.
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  • PBL means students are doing work that is real to them -- it is authentic to their lives -- or the work has a direct impact on or use in the real world.
  • The project meets a real need in the world beyond the classroom, or the products that students create are used by real people.
  • he project focuses on a problem, issue or topic that is relevant to students' lives -- the more directly, the better -- or on a problem or issue that is actually being faced by adults in the world students will soon enter.
  • he project sets up a scenario or simulation that is realistic, even if it is fictitious.
  • The project involves tools, tasks or processes used by adults in real settings and by professionals in the workplace. (This criterion for authenticity could apply to any of the above examples of projects.)
Blair Peterson

Teach like a video game: Use assessment as learning and motivation - cleanapple.com - M... - 1 views

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    This is a very good blog post on making sense of assessment through video games. 
Blair Peterson

Seth's Blog: The shell game of delight - 1 views

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    Totally relates to assessment.
Blair Peterson

Comprehensive Assessment: A New York City Success Story | Edutopia - 2 views

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    Examples of assessment from NYC's School of the Future. More MS than HS examples, but good stuff.
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