Skip to main content

Home/ Middle School Matters/ Group items tagged studentinvolvement

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Troy Patterson

Experts Say Measuring Non-Cognitive Skills Won't Work, But Districts Still Try | MindSh... - 0 views

ww2.kqed.org/...t-work-but-districts-still-try

studentinvolvement msm324

shared by Troy Patterson on 03 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Federal education law now requires one non-academic measure of school progress, which has led some districts to consider including students’ social and emotional growth as a performance measure.
  • She writes that even the researchers who popularized terms like “grit” think using it to measure school effectiveness is a bad idea:
Troy Patterson

10+ Tips for Using Brain Based Methods to Redesign Your Classroom | EdSurge News - 0 views

www.edsurge.com/...ods-to-redesign-your-classroom

msm324 studentinvolvement

shared by Troy Patterson on 05 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • As adults, we make choices daily. We choose where we eat, where we sit at the table, what we order, how much we eat, what we watch or don’t watch on television, what time we go to bed, and more. As teachers, we want our students to be decisive—but how much choice do we truly allow students to make?
  • A good friend of mine often reminds me that we aren’t raising a class of second graders, but in fact, we are raising future adults.
Troy Patterson

Students 'Self-Assess' Their Way to Learning - Education Week - 0 views

www.edweek.org/...ess-their-way-to-learning.html

msm316 studentinvolvement

shared by Troy Patterson on 24 Nov 15 - No Cached
  • Tacyana will be asked to determine how her own work stacks up to a model.
  • Gust is one of a growing number of schools across the country where student self-assessment is one type of formative assessment that is woven into the school day.
  • 'Hey, wait a minute, kids have to be involved, too.'"
  • ...4 more annotations...
  • Learning is much deeper if the student is thinking, 'I am doing this because it will help me learn this.'
  • actively judging their work and progress toward a goal, and determining what steps to take to reach it.
  • "The expectation is that not only are teachers using data, students are owning data,"
  • Padilla said it takes time to teach students how to read rubrics or use systems to track their progress. But, she said, the shift is worth it. "I think students tracking their own data is key to getting students invested in their education," she said. "If they don't see the direct results in that moment, it's hard for them to know where to go."
Troy Patterson

The Science Of Getting Kids Organized : NPR Ed : NPR - 0 views

www.npr.org/...ence-of-getting-kids-organized

msm324 studentinvolvement

shared by Troy Patterson on 05 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • To help Lilli get stuff done, her parents hired Melissa Power-Greene, a former tutor and special-education teacher, to work with Lilli on something called executive function.
Troy Patterson

20 Strategies for Motivating Reluctant Learners | MindShift | KQED News - 0 views

ww2.kqed.org/...-motivating-reluctant-learners

msm324 studentinvolvement

shared by Troy Patterson on 03 Mar 16 - No Cached
  • Perez says when students are engaged, predicting answers, talking with one another and sharing with the class in ways that follow safe routines and practices, they not only achieve more but they also act out less. And everyone, including the teacher, has more fun.
  • PEREZ’ BRAIN-BASED STRATEGIES
  • 1. Don’t Be Boring
  • ...19 more annotations...
  • 2. Vote
  • 3. Set Goals
  • 4. Form Groups
  • 5. Quick Writes
  • 6. Focus on the ABCs: Acceptance, Belonging and Community
  • 7. Continually change the “state” of the classroom
  • 8. Empathize
  • 9.  Do a BRAIN checklist
  • 10. Simplify
  • 11. Chunk Information
  • 12. Props
  • 13. Breaks
  • 14. Post-Its
  • 15. Make Snowballs
  • 16. Guessing Games
  • 17. Balanced Inquiry
  • 18. Mind-streaming
  • 19. Be Interactive
  • 20. HOPE
1 - 9 of 9
Showing 20▼ items per page