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How Do You Grade a Creative Assignment?

Edsurge

Seeing as how art has been such a big part of Irish history and culture, I was thinking about something artistic in some way, but how on earth do I grade something creative? I want the students to do something historical, obviously—depict an event or person, perhaps—but I understand that not everyone is equally creative in the arts.

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FAQ: The Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

In my Art of Blended Learning Online Course this week, we continued our work on the playlist model. Finally, the “aspire-to-do” activities are designed to extend the learning and challenge students. These activities can be related to the content being covered in class or can be designed to develop a new skill or interest.

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MIT Professors Propose a New Kind of University for Post-COVID Era

Edsurge

mainly comes in a few fixed shapes and sizes: the research university, the liberal arts college, the community college, the technical college. So what if there was a new model of university designed from scratch for 2022? College in the U.S. It’s broadening how we think about research,” Henderson said in an interview.

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The Impact of Creativity on College and Career Readiness

Edsurge

She supports students in exploring their gifts and interests through projects and encourages educators to start by substituting a traditional assignment with an opportunity to create. For Caldwell, one strategy is to appreciate that students offer diverse backgrounds and talents.

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

Faculty Focus

psychology, English/communication, etc) it may even be possible to embed these practices into assignments so that students have these skills before encountering a setback. Tyler Snyder recently his bachelor of arts in psychology at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In many classes (e.g., References Abdullah, M.

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Five Tips for Helping Post-Secondary Students Overcome Failure

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psychology, English/communication, etc) it may even be possible to embed these practices into assignments so that students have these skills before encountering a setback. Tyler Snyder recently his bachelor of arts in psychology at the University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. In many classes (e.g., References Abdullah, M.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

When Dr. Novak and I started writing our new book, Shift Writing into the Classroom, we anticipated that teachers outside of English Language Arts would take one look at the title and assume that the book was not intended for them. Teachers outside of English or language arts may feel it is not their responsibility to teach writing.

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