KENTUCKY DEVELOPS STANDARDS-BASED REPORT CARDS
A group of teachers, school leaders, and education researchers create report cards that link course grades to student progress on mastering state standards.
By Thomas R. Guskey, Gerry M. Swan, and Lee Ann Jung
Annie Emerson doesn't have to wonder about what it takes to help her kindergarten students learn how to write or do math. They've told her.
Several times during the year, the Pinewoods Elementary School teacher asks her students two basic questions: what are ways that I teach you that you like or that are really working for you? What could be changed to help you learn even more? And it turns out even 5-year-olds have plenty to say.
Teachers are evaluated on the basis of learning outcomes, generally as measured by standardized tests. If you don't learn, then your teacher is blamed.
We should not foolishly expect them to listen to us, but instead cater to their conditioned craving for constant stimulation.
Hogwash. You need to learn to listen.
Critical listening means that are not just hearing but thinking about what you are hearing. Critical listening questions and evaluates what is being said and seeks key concepts and unifying themes. Your high school curriculum would have served you better had it focused more on developing your listening skills rather than drilling you on test-taking.
For an academic, there is something sacred about a citation. The proper citation of a source is a small tribute to the hard work, diligence, intelligence and integrity of someone dedicated enough to make a contribution to knowledge.
For you, citations and bibliographies are pointless hoops to jump through and you often treat these requirements carelessly.
Your professor still harbors the traditional view that universities are about education. If your aim is to get a credential, then for you courses will be obstacles in your path. For your professor, a course is an opportunity for you to make your world richer and yourself stronger.