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The dangers of attempting to ‘Instant Pot’ educational progress

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Students who would have been performing below standards and assigned intervention support are now being told they are passing. Minnesota previously eliminated its graduation exam requirement for math, which resulted in a decade-long slide in student proficiency. Now, they have proposed eliminating an Algebra II requirement.

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5 Tips To Keep Students Learning When Extreme Weather Strikes

Catlin Tucker

When I received notification that our school was closing three days before final exams, I was dismayed. This is an ideal space to post announcements, allow students to ask questions, and encourage students to have discussions about assignments. Part of our class assignment was to complete reading in Fahrenheit 451.

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A Study-for-an-Exam Assignment

Faculty Focus

To remediate the exam preparation study skills that beginning (and other) students are missing, most of us respond by telling students about those skills that make for good exam performance. A first-year seminar provides a perfect structure for this assignment, but it could be used in a variety of courses. All rights reserved.

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Grade Interviews

Catlin Tucker

Instead of spending hours grading assignments designed to help students develop these skills, I limit my energy to providing feedback in class as they work and grading the actual assessments–exam, essay, performance task. This reflective activity encourages them to think metacognitively about their learning. Grade Interviews.

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How to Make Classes More Active, and Why It Matters

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Longtime professor Cathy Davidson is on a mission to promote the practice of active learning. It contains what are essentially recipes for various active-learning techniques. One active learning technique she cites in the book, for instance, was devised by Samuel Delany, who was also a renowned science fiction author.

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What the F? Grading strategies for early career teachers

eSchool News

According to a recent study , grading is one of the least stressful activities early career teachers have to complete. Effective instructional design models and psychometrics generally anticipate that students can master an end-of-course exam with a 70 to 80 percent score. Most letter grade systems are effectively criterion based.

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Thanksgiving Activities That Keep You in Charge of Learning

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A great option also is to program one of the widgets for an Hour of Code activity. classes This is a fun team activity to assess student knowledge on a topic. For example, they may decide to assign experts on each category or make everyone a generalist. You can also share it to most social media. Team Challenge Time required: 1.5