by edtosavetheworld | Feb 24, 2014 | News and Trends, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Stage 4: Disciplinary Thinking
The United States has state and local control of education which means we’ve never had national learning standards. Many non-Americans are shocked to hear this. But highly adept political maneuvering has brought new learning standards in all four core subject...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 26, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
In a recent Education Leadership article, UbD author Grant Wiggins wrote, “Mastery has been reduced to a high score on any old quiz…if you achieved 85 percent or 90 percent on any test of content, you would be deemed to have demonstrated mastery – no matter how...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 25, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Merry Christmas to all who are celebrating today. Even if you don’t observe the holiday, it is nice to have time to slow down and take a break to rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit (since we know that being an educator places great demands on all three...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 24, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
So you want to create a performance task that measures conceptual understanding….try these three steps. 1. Determine what conceptual relationship you want to assess. For example: You want to assess the relationship between power and systems. Maybe the exact...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 23, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
Out: In: While there doesn’t seem to be a shared definition or criteria for performance tasks, it has certainly reached buzz worthy status over the past several years. In the US, the 2001 law called No Child Left Behind seem to usher in the era of...
by edtosavetheworld | Dec 10, 2013 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding
The idea that teachers need to post the day’s objective on the board is revered as gospel in many schools. So what’s behind this common practice? Does it help students learn? Supporters would argue that posting the objective makes it a focus for both teachers and...
