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By Thomas A. Angelo and K. Patricia Cross, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1993.

This is included in the Pedagogy Matters! Book, category: Assessment. Also mentioned in Introduction to Formative Assessment

Two assessment techniques from this book mentioned in Instructional Strategies:Reflection/Meta-cognition: The Minute Paper" and "Muddiest Point." "They help teachers determine whether students are picking up on important ideas. Teachers get snapshots of where students are struggling so that teachers can adjust instruction--for example, spending more time reviewing a key concept. These strategies also benefit students. Students have to attend to what they have just learned, maybe synthesize concepts from various lectures, and articulate what they know and do not know. Students generally do not take time to think about their thinking, or to try to express their struggles. Therefore, they are unlikely to get to a stage where they can formulate solutions for problems they are having."

A nice chart of questions to help teachers consider if they're helping students develop a "growth mindset."

On YouTube, posted July 2007. Episode 1 of Def Poetry Jam. Mali's poem looks at the role of the teacher. For related work by Taylor Mali, follow the mali tag.

Part of the Passion thread (Faculty Skills and Attributes), this video was included on the poster's own teaching blog and, for him, exemplifies passion.

By Nicholas Gage, collected in New Directions: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking by Peter S. Gardner (via Google Books). Make sure that you are on page 88 for the Gage essay. This material is under copyright, so the full essay is not available here. Check with your local library for access to the full essay.

Presented as a reading assignment, discussed in the Faculty Skills and Attributes: Passion thread.

An organization (Gates funded?) that is devoted to educational k-12 reform. They are using social networking to "rate" and raise issues around ed reform, specifically about teacher hiring/firing. Interesting use of social networking for grass roots ed reform.

By Doug Lederman, April 4, 2011 Inside HigherEd The author discusses a new campaign by AFT Higher Education. The effort will have members of the American Federation of Teachers (represented by more than 200,000 college and university instructors, professional staff and graduate students) more directly involved in national and campus discussions on student success in higher education.