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Good Teachers May Not Fit the Mold - Educational Leadership - 0 views

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shared by eterry02 on 03 Feb 19 - No Cached

teachers' ACT scores exerted a larger influence on student achievement than did student poverty level, class size, and teaching experience combined.
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Adequate knowledge of their content areas.
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Rice (2003), who has reviewed hundreds of studies of teacher quality, notes that
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"subject matter knowledge contributes to good teaching only up to a certain point, beyond which it does not seem to have an impact" (p. 37).
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Good teachers must know their subjects well, but having doctoral-level knowledge of Freudian interpretations of Victorian literature, for example, doesn't really improve someone's ability to teach language arts to 8th graders.
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Knowledge of how to teach their subject areas
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They found that although content knowledge is essential, teachers who also possess strong pedagogical content knowledge are more effective than those with content knowledge alone.
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strong pedagogical content knowledge
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were likely to gain a full year more learning than students whose teachers had weak pedagogical content knowledge (among the bottom one-fifth of teachers).
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common metrics for hiring and rewarding teachers are only weakly linked to student success.
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Traditional licensure or credentials.
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"little rigorous evidence that [teacher certification] is systematically related to student achievement"
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Yet the study detected no before-and-after effects—that is, teachers appeared no more effective after undergoing the grueling certification process than before it (Clotfelter, Ladd, & Vigdor, 2007).
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Advanced degrees.
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"have found no discernible effect of teachers having a master's degree or higher on student achievement" (p. 26).
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One possible exception appears to be high school science and mathematics,
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Extensive classroom experience.
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Yet on average, after a few years of teaching, added years of teaching experience appear to offer little guarantee of increased effectiveness.
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teacher effectiveness
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Belief that all students can learn.
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Belief in their own abilities
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Ability to connect with students.
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School leaders must consider, then, which attributes they can augment and which they cannot.
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reexamine the metrics, explicit or implicit, they use to select and compensate teachers
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Being credentialed, being experienced, or holding an advanced degree is no guarantee of effectiveness
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know how to teach
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teacher's dispositions and attitudes
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teased out through interviews and observations
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analogy
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quality of their teachers can be the difference between academic success and failure.
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Verbal and cognitive ability.
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eterry02 on 03 Feb 19

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Digital Library Learning Resources Collection - 0 views

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Michelle Krill on 05 Feb 09

The goal of the Exploratorium Digital Library is to provide access to high-quality teaching resources and learning activities that reflect the museum's foundation of playful exhibit-based inquiry in science, art, and human perception. The Learning Resources Collection includes teaching tips and related resources. This collection is suitable for educators in both classroom and out-of-school settings; for peer institutions, such as museums, science centers, and universities; and for individuals.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The goal of the Exploratorium Digital Library is to provide access to high-quality teaching resources and learning activities that reflect the museum's foundation of playful exhibit-based inquiry in science, art, and human perception. The Learning Resources Collection includes teaching tips and related resources. This collection is suitable for educators in both classroom and out-of-school settings; for peer institutions, such as museums, science centers, and universities; and for individuals.</div>

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7 Online Science Projects for All Grade Levels: Project Based Learning Science Activiti... - 19 views

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shared by David Wetzel on 25 Jun 11 - No Cached

David Wetzel on 25 Jun 11

Projects in science are provided which take full advantage of Internet resources to help students develop a better understanding of the world in which they live.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Projects in science are provided which take full advantage of Internet resources to help students develop a better understanding of the world in which they live. </div>

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Perfect Site to Look for Perfect Job - 2 views

I graduated in Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education a year ago and until now I am still looking for the best venue where can I find a teaching job. Luckily, I have found out about Schools and...

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Using virtual worlds and video games to teach the lessons of reality: Scientific Americ... - 0 views

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Several educators suggest in the newest issue of Science that schools use video games to simulate the real-world situations in the classroom to help students develop critical-thinking skills and enhance their understanding of science and math and, perhaps, even encourage them to pursue careers in those and related fields such as technology and engineering.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Several educators suggest in the newest issue of Science that schools use video games to simulate the real-world situations in the classroom to help students develop critical-thinking skills and enhance their understanding of science and math and, perhaps, even encourage them to pursue careers in those and related fields such as technology and engineering.</div>

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The Newbie Guide to Google Search | Educational Technology Tips - 0 views

Debbie Nichols on 08 Oct 12

I was surprised. I learned things from this article. It can be projected in class to teach students also.

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Three Project Based Learning Resources: Free Online Resources for Student Collaboration... - 35 views

David Wetzel on 01 Apr 10

Project based learning using all or any of the three online resources offers a dynamic approach to teaching in which students explore real-world problems and challenges.

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Science Educators Hit the Classroom To Learn New Ways of Teaching - 0 views

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dean groom on 28 Apr 08

nice table of PBL core values and write up about PBL in Science.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">nice table of PBL core values and write up about PBL in Science.</div>

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