by edtosavetheworld | Feb 16, 2016 | Ed2S Fellows, News and Trends, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient, Testing and Assessments
Today’s post was written by a 2015 Ed2Save Fellow, Jessie Mouw. Her Fellow’s Project is to promote and redefine the importance of failure as a natural and important part of the learning process. Her words follow: The Case for Failure-Friendly Schools ...
by edtosavetheworld | Nov 2, 2015 | Stage 2: Active Processing, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient, Testing and Assessments
Differentiation is a word that is used often in education — but I worry there is a lack of consensus on what it means, it’s purpose and what it looks like in the classroom. Here is an attempt to distill the essential elements down to four buckets or key...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 6, 2015 | Testing and Assessments
First, we must acknowledge three things about assessments: We are not experts on testing, especially about when and how to assign scores or grades The whole enterprise is fraught with questions of legitimacy and fairness It is such an enormous part of formal schooling...
by edtosavetheworld | Oct 5, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Testing and Assessments
Teacher feedback on student work can be a powerful tool to dramatically improve student learning BUT the quality must be good or it can actually have negative effects on student growth. Many researchers and authors give attention to this significant topic. We like...
by edtosavetheworld | Sep 29, 2015 | News and Trends, Stage 2: Active Processing, Stage 2: Joyful and Efficient, Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Testing and Assessments
Lately, and rightly so, there seems to be a lot of buzz around differentiation, personalized learning, personalization, individualization… and many folks are trying to distinguish among them. The MAJOR distinction, it seems, is whether or not the goals of...
by edtosavetheworld | Aug 7, 2015 | Stage 3: Conceptual Understanding, Testing and Assessments
Assessing for deep understanding and higher order thinking is not easy. It’s oh-so-much easier to assess for factual recall. But it’s worth doing. Combining the work of Dr. Erickson and Dr. Lanning on concept-based curriculum and instruction with the work...
