by John Barell, morecuriousminds.com Recently, a curriculum coordinator at a Montreal IB World school asked me how we might assess students’ prior knowledge without using the standard KWL chart format. It occurred to me that one of the most powerful means of challenging students to think of what they already know is by using a problematic scenario….
The problem with rubrics in learning is that they’re often subjective and their point systems are often arbitrary.
Back in October, we published an article about the importance of holistic teaching. When students are stressed, their capacity for learning is drastically reduced. In psychology, Maslow’s hierarchy of needs explains in part why anxious and depressed students are much more likely to fail. Even if the situation is not catastrophic, a student’s mind and body…
The Most Popular Standardized Tests Being Used In Education Today Once, the ACT and SAT were big factors in determining whether or not you’d get into the school of your choice, but today schools are moving away from these tests, in large part because research has shown that they aren’t reliable indicators of how successful students will…
Proficiency-based grading is significantly different from the letter-grade system that most parents grew up with.
Concrete Examples Of Better Feedback For Learning by Grant Wiggins Below, find thirteen examples of how teachers have made feedback (as opposed to advice and evaluation) more central to their work with students: 1. In a welding class, the teacher gives students a performance task. The work is done when it is ‘up to professional…
We know change can be daunting, but we promise that within this list of grading apps teachers love, you’ll find something you love, too.
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