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Building Better Rubrics: Empowering Learners Through Effective Rubric Design

Catlin Tucker

Rubrics identify specific criteria relevant to the assignment, along with corresponding levels of performance that allow for more precise grading. When teachers provide students with the rubric at the start of any assignment or task that will be assessed, the rubric serves as a roadmap. How does using rubrics benefit students?

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Remote Science Instruction in High School Biology and Chemistry

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Leading school science supplier Carolina Biological Supply Company introduced a new product line to help high schools provide high-quality, hands-on science instruction during COVID-19 disruptions. The teacher controls the digital resources and assigns them as suggested in the lesson plans or as students progress.

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How Improving Student Feedback and Teaching Data Science Restored Our Classroom Culture

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Little did I know that by 2019 I would find a way to apply the data science strategies I learned as a geologist to bring joy and engagement back to my classroom. This Class is Unfair The pivotal class I was teaching at the time was a physical science course, consisting of three sections of 15 to 17 eighth graders. Anonymous student.

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3 Reasons to Consider a Co-teaching Model

Catlin Tucker

This year I transitioned from teaching English classes in isolation to co-teaching English, science, and technology with another teacher in a pilot program called N.E.W. She is only in her second year of teaching and she is credentialed in English and science. We approach feedback and assessment as a team. 2 Sharing the Load.

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Grading Less in a District that Requires a Minimum Number of Grades

Catlin Tucker

When I facilitate training sessions or coach teachers, I encourage them to shift feedback and assessment into the classroom where student progress can be an ongoing conversation. Too often, teachers assign work that students complete in isolation. Then they collect that work and grade it in isolation.

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My Greatest Teaching Problem Was Feedback. Here’s How Research Helped Me Solve It.

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Giving regular feedback to roughly 100 middle and high schoolers has been my greatest challenge as an English and writing teacher, and it hit home for me sometime in 2013. My challenges with the feedback load were officially impacting my health and family life. Students were getting the feedback they needed faster.

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5 practical ways to integrate AI into high school science

eSchool News

AI can make complex topics more accessible, personalize instruction, and provide real-time feedback. Here are five examples of how AI can be used effectively in high school science classes: 1. Teachers can assign different scenarios, allowing students to test hypotheses and analyze their results, promoting inquiry-based learning.