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Combatting the Challenges of Whole Group Lessons with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

When I work with teachers shifting to blended learning, I strive to establish the WHY driving our work together. I want teachers to understand the purpose and value of the shift to blended learning. Blended learning is not a reaction to a moment. Blended Learning Benefit #1: Student Agency.

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Standard-aligned Rubrics: Assessing Progress Toward Firm Goals While Allowing for Flexible Means

Catlin Tucker

In our book UDL and Blended Learning , Dr. Katie Novak and I encourage teachers to work toward firm, often standards-aligned, goals. If the learning objective is for students to craft a strong argument, you can provide them with different levels of support and different ways of demonstrating that skill.

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Rethink Your Grading Practices

Catlin Tucker

I explain that I use blended learning models, like Station Rotation and Whole Class Rotation, to create the time and space needed to move assessment into the classroom. If students are working 0n an essay, I dedicate one station each day to providing real-time feedback as they write. Click To Tweet.

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Stop Taking Grading Home

Catlin Tucker

Students honed their research skills, organized their information, watched flipped videos on how to complete various aspects of the paper, like citing properly, and they received detailed feedback from me the entire way through! We spent a significant amount of class time working on these papers.

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3 Reasons Teachers Should Use the Playlist Model

Catlin Tucker

Writing Assignments: Writing tasks, whether creative stories, essays, or research papers, require students to think critically, organize their thoughts, write a draft, and revise based on feedback. This also teaches students to hone their self-directed learning skills as they own more of the responsibility for their learning.

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5 Ways to Design Your Teacher-led Station

Catlin Tucker

In my work as a blended learning coach, I observe a lot of teachers facilitating blended lessons. If teachers are assigning homework, it would be more powerful to use that practice to encourage students to reflect on their progress and identify the gaps in their understanding of concepts and skills. 5TeacherLed.

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Creating Inclusive Classrooms with Co-Teaching and the Station Rotation

Catlin Tucker

Students are grouped based on their skill or ability levels and rotate through all the stations. This structure balances differentiated instruction and uniform content delivery, providing personalized support and consistent foundational learning for all students.

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