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amfpiscitelli

The Fischbowl - 15 views

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shared by amfpiscitelli on 30 Oct 14 - Cached
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    • Julie Grant
      Julie Grant on 30 Oct 14
       
      Interesting points about the value of homework...
  • What kind of research did we do to determine that 120 minutes was the appropriate and most effective amount of homework each night
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 30 Oct 14
       
      Good question
    • kararyan
      kararyan on 04 Nov 14
       
      I agree...big debate here on HW...
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      I agree how is the time determined per grade level?
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 30 Oct 14
       
      Karl Fish always has someting interesting to say
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  • Students need the practice. I can't cover the curriculum unless I give homework. It teaches responsibility.
    • msfellows
      msfellows on 30 Oct 14
       
      I've definitely heard these same three reasons given to justify homework.
    • kararyan
      kararyan on 04 Nov 14
       
      I've heard them too. And I agree SOME students really do need the practice...but some do not..
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      I think all students could use extra practice. I have heard these 3 reasons as well.
  • The research provides little or no support for number one. What little support it does give could be accomplished by giving them time in class to practic
  • there's not enough time to cover the curriculum
  • I have yet to see any research that shows that assigning homework teaches responsibility
  • in order to cover the curriculum, we should change the curriculum.
  • So if we just made up this number, how is that "data-driven"? Perhaps we need to sit down and rethink this and decide if that's truly the best number.
  • Data-Driven Schools: Homework
  • What kind of research did we do to determine that 120 minutes was the appropriate and most effective amount of homework each night?
  • if we did that, then we'd probably also want to look at the research on the effectiveness of homework in general
  • research shows no support for homework at all at the elementary level
  • at the high school level there is only a weak correlation between homework and increased test scores
  • There was no relationship whatsoever between time spent on homework and course grade, and “no substantive difference in grades between students who complete homework and those who do not.”
    • kararyan
      kararyan on 04 Nov 14
       
      Has anyone here done a study/collection of data on HW in middle school?
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      That would be a great idea Kara!
  • even most of what I've read in support of homework tends to show it having a relatively small effect on student "achievement"
  • So why do we assign homework?
  • Students need the practice. I can't cover the curriculum unless I give homework. It teaches responsibility
  • The research provides little or no support for number one.
  • Instead of assigning homework (and assigning students a "second shift") in order to cover the curriculum, we should change the curriculum.
  • I would suggest that giving them meaningful and important things to do might teach them responsibility better than assigning homework of dubious value.
  • any homework we assign should be justified.
  • Was there a correlation between the amount of homework that high school students reported doing and their scores on standardized math and science tests?
    • hortac
      hortac on 30 Oct 14
       
      Homework is sometimes a time management tool. Some students need more time to process the work and if we waited for them to finish in class, the cows would come home. Having them finish at home keeps us all moving forward...
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      Yes it can be a time management tool.
    • krs10walsh
      krs10walsh on 04 Nov 14
       
      Excellent article I will certainly share with my 10th grader, 8th grader, and 4th grader at home. I'm sure the first grader will like to hear about it as well... After we finish their homework.
    • amfpiscitelli
      amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
       
      Homework is a reinforcement in my classroom.
  • Yes, and it was statistically significant but “very modest”:
  • msfellows on 30 Oct 14
     
    Homework myth
  • amfpiscitelli on 05 Nov 14
     
    Homework Debate
campellonea

6 Targets To Teach The Way The Brain Learns - 9 views

www.teachthought.com/...targets-teach-way-brain-learns

shared by campellonea on 18 Mar 14 - Cached
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 18 Mar 14
       
      Many of these Brain Targets require a minimum of change in the classroom
    • Kristen Oberheim
      Kristen Oberheim on 19 Mar 14
       
      I like how the author broke it down to give quick ways to do these ideas!
    • ddonaldsonagawam
      ddonaldsonagawam on 23 Mar 14
       
      I do stand in the dooway and greet students as the enter class.
    • ddonaldsonagawam
      ddonaldsonagawam on 23 Mar 14
       
      Technology lends itself to timely feedback.
  • Usable classroom translation: make regular changes in your classroom such as seating arrangements, wall displays
  • Usable classroom translation: Give students the big picture; visually represent the connections between previous knowledge and new learning; indicate relationships among learning goals.
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  • Usable classroom translation: stress impedes learning
  • Usable classroom translation: Creativity can be taught but it builds on a body of content knowledge being mastered. Interweave information and thinking in all content areas; show real world applications, move away from simple, single-answer problems to encourage divergent solutions.
    • donna ferraiolo
      donna ferraiolo on 23 Mar 14
       
      I think this is an important piece - being able to apply info. is true learning.
    • Julie Grant
      Julie Grant on 30 Oct 14
       
      Interesting targets to teach the way the brain learns...
  • When you’re standing in front of a classroom of students who’re not quite sure they even want to be in your class, much less pay attention to what’s being said
  • Brain Target 2: Creating the Physical Learning Environment
  • Brain Target 1: Establish the emotional climate for learning
  • Brain Target 3: Designing the Learning Experience
  • Neuroscience: The brain feels before it thinks. The amygdala (think fight/flight) receives stimuli 40 milliseconds
  • Neuroscience: The brain craves novelty. Posner & Rothbart, 2007); lighting, background noise impact on attention;
  • Neuroscience behind it: The brain looks for patterns between known and unknown information (Posner & Rothbart
  • Brain Target 4: Teaching for Mastery
  • Neuroscience behind it: In order for information to be retained it must make its way from short-term to long-term memory.
  • Brain Target 5: Teaching for the Extension Neuroscience behind it: The brain is plastic. Significant changes occur in the brain due to repeated sensory experience (Fu & Zuo,2011, Karmarkar & Dan, 2006)
  • Brain Target 6: Evaluating Learning Neuroscience behind it: Assessments provides feedback that informs and motivates students; retrieval of information recruits memory systems, reinforcing memory for that information.
    • campellonea
      campellonea on 30 Oct 14
       
      Making connections between new and old information is so integral to helping students learn.
krs10walsh

Homepage - ReadWriteThink - 2 views

www.readwritethink.org

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    • Callie Theodoss
      Callie Theodoss on 30 Oct 14
       
      Can choose the grade level that you want to find resources for, lesson plans, and the student interactives are pretty cools!
    • krs10walsh
      krs10walsh on 04 Nov 14
       
      This is really great. I think I will spend some time checking this out for my first graders.
  • Lesson Plans (875)
  • Student Interactives (59)
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  • Grade Level
    • klytle
      klytle on 30 Oct 14
       
      I love this website it always has such good ideas.
  • Grades   3 - 8  |  Game & Tool Trading Card Creator
    • klytle
      klytle on 30 Oct 14
       
      The Trading Card Creator is a great tool when studying biographies.
  • Callie Theodoss on 30 Oct 14
     
    This is a great resource for ELA teaching ideas. Lots of interactives
  • krs10walsh on 04 Nov 14
     
    This is a great resource for ELA teaching ideas. Lots of interactives
anonymous

Cool Cat Teacher Blog: Connectivism in the Classroom - 0 views

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shared by anonymous on 02 Jun 13 - No Cached
    • anonymous
      anonymous on 02 Jun 13
       
      What if the teacher lets student go off track, sometimes new dicoveries are made off track.
  • But teaching is about not showing how much the teacher knows but about producing students that will eventually surpass the teacher because they become self-learners and passionate about the topic.
pacittijanet

ABCya.com | Kids Educational Computer Games & Activities - 6 views

www.abcya.com/

shared by pacittijanet on 30 Oct 14 - Cached
    • Wendy Smith
      Wendy Smith on 30 Oct 14
       
      I didn't realize that this site went from K-5. What a great way to teach basic computer skills!
  • free educational kids computer games and activities for elementary students
  • basic computer skills
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  • grade level sections
    • smithma54
      smithma54 on 30 Oct 14
       
      This site looks like it has some good games for my 2nd graders to try.
    • pacittijanet
      pacittijanet on 30 Oct 14
       
      Renee, This site seems to have lots of resources. I am looking for sites that my students can use independently. Since it goes from k-5, I can also find just the right level for everyone.
  • muirheadrenee on 30 Oct 14
     
    Interactive student site for kindergartners
Callie Theodoss

The Future of Reading - 'Reading Workshop' Approach Lets Students Pick the Books - Seri... - 7 views

www.nytimes.com/...30reading.html

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  • The approach Ms. McNeill uses, in which students choose their own books, discuss them individually with their teacher and one another, and keep detailed journals about their reading, is part of a movement to revolutionize the way literature is taught in America’s schools. While there is no clear consensus among English teachers, variations on the approach, known as reading workshop, are catching on.
  • In the method familiar to generations of students, an entire class reads a novel — often a classic — together to draw out the themes and study literary craft. That tradition, proponents say, builds a shared literary culture among students, exposes all readers to works of quality and complexity and is the best way to prepare students for standardized tests.
  • “I just never felt that they were as excited about reading as I wanted them to be.”
    • bredamae
      bredamae on 30 Oct 14
       
      YES!!! So very true.
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  • noting page numbers to make sure each student had read at least 20 pages the night before.
  • Ms. Moje added that choices should be limited and that teachers should guide students toward high-quality literature.
    • bredamae
      bredamae on 30 Oct 14
       
      This proves that choice is part of the workshop, but not the end all be all.
  • she scooted from student to student on a lime-green stool, noting page numbers on a clipboard chart. She asked questions about the books and suggested new ones.
    • bredamae
      bredamae on 30 Oct 14
       
      Seems so manageable, but who is this anecdotal data useful for other than the teacher and student?
  • In January two of her students failed a state writing assessment.
    • bredamae
      bredamae on 30 Oct 14
       
      This is my fear, and truth be told, some of the students who I felt grew as a result of our RW lessons didn't do well on MCAS.
    • bredamae
      bredamae on 30 Oct 14
       
      I have fully bought into the workshop model, but it's hard to transform thinking if everyone isn't onboard.
    • Callie Theodoss
      Callie Theodoss on 03 Nov 14
       
      I love the idea that this article is highlighting the importance and significance of readers workshop. It is important for teachers to realize that it is a new way to teach literature in schools. It is authentic!
    • Callie Theodoss
      Callie Theodoss on 03 Nov 14
       
      It is so important to realize that children are now interacting and engaged about the books they read! This is a great article to show as evidence for readers workshop.
  • But fans of the reading workshop say that assigning books leaves many children bored or
  • unable to understand the texts.
  • they’re actually interacting
  • every kid in my classroom is engaged
  • bredamae on 30 Oct 14
     
    It's nice to see that we are not the only ones battling with these issues.
msfellows

PVSlider - 1 views

www.numeracyhelper.com/pvslider

math place value interactive

shared by msfellows on 30 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • multiplying numbers by powers of ten
    • msfellows
      msfellows on 30 Oct 14
       
      I come back to this tool over and over. Today I used it when teaching division by a divisor with decimal places. We don't "move the decimal" to make the divisor a whole number. We multiply by a power of 10 to change place value enough to make a whole number.
casillid

Welcome to the International Reading Association - 1 views

www.reading.org/

reading literacy education teaching professional resources IRA

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    • casillid
      casillid on 30 Oct 14
       
      This is a great resource!
krs10walsh

Another very scary headline about kindergartners - The Washington Post - 0 views

www.washingtonpost.com/...-headline-about-kindergartners

education reading literacies

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    • krs10walsh
      krs10walsh on 15 Dec 14
       
      This is a second article that makes some really good, but scary points about what kindergarten is like these days.
  • research shown that young students are not reliable test takers
  • kids were given a test on a platform they were not able to properly manipulate
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  • Kindergarten
  • is now academic, “the new first grade
  • forced to sit for hours
  • kids are considered failures if they
  • can’t read by the time they enter first grade
  • They aren’t developmentally ready
  • results
  • to lobby for more funding for
  • preschool
  • preschoo
  • preschools
  • turned into academic enterprises too
  • Standards can lead to teaching of skills in ways that are not effective or meaningful, to the narrowing of the curriculum, and to less time for play and hands-on learning experiences that are important foundations for later school success.
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