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The Fischbowl - 15 views

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shared by Julie Grant on 30 Oct 14 - Cached
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      Julie Grant on 30 Oct 14
       
      Interesting points about the value of homework...
  • 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
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  • 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
  • So why do we assign homework?
  • 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.”
  • even most of what I've read in support of homework tends to show it having a relatively small effect on student "achievement"
  • at the high school level there is only a weak correlation between homework and increased test scores
  • 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.
Julie Grant

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

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      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
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  • 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.
Julie Grant

3 Must Have Google Drive Tools to Improve Students Writing ~ Educational Technology and... - 1 views

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      Julie Grant on 30 Oct 14
       
      I like this article on helpful add-ons to improve students' writing.
  • 1- ProWriting Aid
  • Check your writing for consistency, plagiarism, acronyms, cliches, redundancies, grammar mistakes and more. Check for consistency of spelling, hyphenation, and capitalization; - Eliminate clichés and redundancies;  Check for plagiarism and unoriginal content;  Online grammar and spelling checker;  Improve readability;  Find overused words;   Improve dull paragraph structure;  Find repeated words and phrases;  Eliminate vague, abstract, and complex words from your writing;   High quality copy-editing and proofreading services;
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  • Track Changes is a great tool for collaborative writing
  • allows users to see changes and editing
  • EasyBib
  • look for and  access citations and also generates a bibliography for your paper. You can choose from the three different citation formats: APA, MLA, or Chicago.
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