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Ron King

Explanations are not enough, we need questions - physicsfocus.org - 1 views

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  • Ron King on 29 Apr 13
     
    I recently read a popular science book on a topic that I felt I needed to learn more about. The book was well written, ideas were clearly explained, and I finished the book knowing a lot more about the history of the subject than beforehand. However, I don't feel I understand the key ideas in the book any better. I won't mention the name of the book or the author because this post isn't really about that specific book. It's about how I feel books of this nature often fail to deliver on what they implicitly promise: that you will understand the science contained within their pages.
Troy Patterson

Activity: Feedback Action Planning Template | - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 02 Apr 16 - No Cached
  • Troy Patterson on 02 Apr 16
     
    "I've been doing a ton of tinkering this year with the way that I give students feedback in my classroom.  My goal is to steal Dylan Wiliam's idea that our goal should be to turn feedback into detective work.  That just feels right to me."
Ron King

20 Education Technology Tools Everybody Should Know About - Edudemic - Edudemic - 0 views

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  • Ron King on 09 Dec 13
     
    Although educators tend to feel like they are left all on their own to deal with students that are getting crazier by the day, there are plenty of technology resources that can make their teaching job more effective. Educators should definitely start using some of the online solutions that are meant to promote modern education and take the classroom organization to the next level. In this article, we will cover 20 education technology tools that educators should start using as soon as possible.
Troy Patterson

More Than Half of Students 'Engaged' in School, Says Poll - Education Week - 1 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 09 Apr 14 - No Cached
  • Students who strongly agree that they have at least one teacher who makes them "feel excited about the future" and that their school is "committed to building the strengths of each student" are 30 times more likely than students who strongly disagree with those statements to show other signs of engagement in the classroom—a key predictor of academic success, according to a report released Wednesday by Gallup Education.
  • "Many, many, many teachers, principals and superintendents have known for literally decades that if we don't engage students to care about being in school, that's going to get in the way of learning," he said.
  • "One of the big problems with No Child Left Behind and even [the Common Core State Standards] is that we are only focused on students' cognitive learning,"
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  • A broad focus on testing and new standards can lead schools to neglect the individualized social and emotional needs of students, the report’s authors say.
  • researchers classified 55 percent of students as “engaged,” 28 percent as “not engaged,” and 17 percent as “actively disengaged.”
  • students surveyed in 2013 who said they strongly agreed with two statements—“My school is committed to building the strengths of each student,” and “I have at least one teacher who makes me excited about the future”—were 30 times more likely to be classified as “engaged”
  • Gallup recommends that principals address teacher engagement to help students succeed.
  • The share of workers described as "not engaged" among teachers, however, was slightly larger than it was for the general workforce—56 percent versus 52 percent.
  • To build engagement among teachers, the report recommends that principals ask them questions about curriculum, pedagogy, and scheduling, and incorporate their feedback into decisionmaking. School leaders should also pair engaged administrators and teachers to collaborate and generate enthusiasm for student-centered projects, the report says.
  • Gallup report validates that a "highly skilled principal is the linchpin to schoolwide success."
  • Principal behaviors that encourage collaboration and meaningful relationships "don't happen by chance," Ms. Bartoletti said in a written statement. "They emerge from a defined set of knowledge, skills, and attitudes, which requires dedicated and ongoing development."
Troy Patterson

Interactive teaching methods double learning in undergraduate physics class - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 15 May 11 - No Cached
  • Interactive teaching methods significantly improved attendance and doubled both engagement and learning in a large physics class,
  • students in the interactive class were nearly twice as engaged as their counterparts in the traditional class
  • scored nearly twice as well in a test designed to determine their grasp of complex physics concepts (average score 74 per cent vs. 41 per cent, with random guessing producing a score of 23 per cent). Attendance in the interactive class also increased by 20 per cent during the experiment.
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  • During the experimental week, Deslauriers and Schelew gave no formal lecturing but guided students through a series of activities that had previously been shown to enhance learning, such as paired and small-group discussions and active learning tasks, which included the use of remote-control "clickers" to provide feedback for in-class questions
  • These activities require more work from the students, but the students report that they feel they are learning more and are more vested in their own learning,"
Troy Patterson

How to learn efficiently - 0 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 12 Jan 15 - No Cached
  • I am convinced that much of the gap between the best college students and the worst is explained by study habits.
  • a good course is one where you always feel that you will barely make it.
  • On this note, Learning Style theory is junk:
Troy Patterson

10 Things I Wish I Knew My First Year Of Teaching - 1 views

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shared by Troy Patterson on 30 Sep 17 - No Cached
  • 1. Prioritize—and then prioritize again.
  • 2. It’s not your classroom.
  • 3. Students won’t always remember the content, but many will never forget how you made them feel.
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  • 4. Get cozy with the school custodians, secretary, librarian.
  • 5. Longer hours isn’t sustainable.
  • 6. Student behavior is a product.
  • 7. Don’t get sucked into doing too much outside of your class.
  • 8. Help other teachers.
  • 9. Reaching students emotionally matters. A lot.
  • 10. Literacy is everything for academic performance.
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