Is grading the focus, or is learning the focus?
What's it like to change grading and reporting practices that have been around for over... - 0 views
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The start of the journey that the faculty and administration took at Graded to rethink, and redo, grading practices at their high school. It includes an excellent list of reasons for the change, and the list of new expectations initiated by the change.
Teach. Learn. Lead. Repeat.: Homework: Give It Purpose or Give It Death! - 0 views
Finland schools: Subjects scrapped and replaced with 'topics' as country reforms its ed... - 0 views
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Garland shared this with me.
Developing Learning Cards for Primary Students | CTQ - 0 views
The Backwards Brain Bicycle - Smarter Every Day 133 - YouTube - 0 views
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"Knowledge does not equal understanding." How difficult it is for adults to unlearn something, but not as difficult for children to do so. Emphasis is on how our brain works for storing ideas, but there are a multitude of lessons here for educators to consider.
Kauffman Founders School || What You Need to Know About Venture Capitalists - Entrepren... - 1 views
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Since MV is a Venture Capitalists of Education and I like what the video says about the way we do/should allocate our time, the way we disrupt. What are we doing to really break out? Where do we spend the little bit our time? Where do we spend a lot of our time? (Im spending mine on the dance recital right now.. Ahhh!) How do we convince our "entrepreneurs" (K parents, partners, donors, teachers) that we are disruptive to a massive market and will make a big impact?
American Schools Are Training Kids for a World That Doesn't Exist | WIRED - 0 views
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Learning by an original and personal process of discovery is a trend on many US university campuses, like Stanford University, MIT, and Arizona State University. It also shows up in middle school, high school and after school programs. Discovery, as intriguing process, has become a powerful theme in contemporary culture and entertainment. In art and design galleries, and many museums, artists and designers...
Canstruction - 1 views
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Wonderful can drive idea for combining creativity, designing, making, and service to others.
Hands on ≠ Minds on - 0 views
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Great example, and by that I mean "really awful" example, of how activities and experiences are not always powerful learning moments.
Experiential Learning | Granted, and... - 0 views
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A post by Grant Wiggins, stressing the importance of of how to use hands-on projects and rich experiences to properly frame learning: "If you were going to learn carpentry to build a chair, then "The learning is not the chair; it is the learning about learning about chairs, chair-making and oneself."" The questions Grant would ask at the end of his Socratic Seminars are powerful ones to consider asking in other learning events.
Tony Wagner on questioning as a survival skill ~ A More Beautiful Question by Warren Be... - 0 views
All You Need to Know About the 'Learning Styles' Myth, in Two Minutes | WIRED - 0 views
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Article discussing the lack of evidence supporting this "urban legend" in education: learning styles. Suggest catering to learning styles of students may be doing more harm than good. Says the nature of the content being learned should dictate, along with the experience of the learner. Article includes many links to research, books, and other articles.
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Habits of Mind link to articles- set of dispositions that describe an effective thinker, the dispositions of problem solver/creative thinker/problem solver
When Grading Harms Student Learning | Edutopia - 1 views
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A simple, straightforward reminder of what assessment is for.
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Zeros do not reflect student learning. They reflect compliance.
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Exactly.
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a deduction in points. Not only didn't this correct the behavior, but it also meant that behavioral issues were clouding the overall grade report. Instead of reflecting that students had learned, the grade served as an inaccurate reflection of the learning goal.
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A right-to-the-point article on how teacher grading practices can interfere with the learning philosophy of a classroom.
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A right-to-the-point article on how teacher grading practices can interfere with the learning philosophy of a classroom.
Go play! It's the key to developing executive function - Hanna Perkins Center for Child... - 0 views
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“executive function,” the ability to self-regulate, the measurement of which turns out to be a better indicator of success in school than the results of an IQ test. Kids with good self-regulation skills are better able to control their emotions, resist impulsive behavior, and become self-disciplined and self-controlled.
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how do we reconcile today’s anxious parents and the highly structured environment with our children’s need for unstructured, self-regulated play?
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Key part of this highlight: unstructured and self-regulated
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The primary requirement for unsupervised play is uninterrupted stretches of time
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Though this post is written for parents, there are actions and ideas here that teachers can act upon. The importance of play and its benefits are becoming more and more apparent - plus research is supporting it. Note to self: More research on executive function, and ways of building it in schools, needs to be done. HT: Jackie Gerstein
Helping Teachers Thrive - 0 views
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Teacher retention is something we often think about. This article reminded me to start fostering an environment of appreciation as soon as possible.
Innovation vs Circulasticity | EdCan Network - 0 views
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Circulasticity. A combination of the words circular and elasticity, it is an organizational condition that generates contexts or situations in which high levels of activity are noted, but any discernible long-term change is not.
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Because of the elasticity of circulasticity, “innovation” stretches the core environment, but is eventually brought back to the central traditional core and becomes more of an “improvement” than a change catalyst.
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In my opinion, true innovation in education will only happen when a new structure is created: one that nurtures critical thinkers, supports risk-takers and encourages ongoing transformation, and that places a high value on creative and insightful learning / teaching in classrooms.
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"Circulasticity. A combination of the words circular and elasticity, it is an organizational condition that generates contexts or situations in which high levels of activity are noted, but any discernible long-term change is not."
