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Self-Regulation in Blended Learning Environments

Catlin Tucker

” “Students will only do the work if I grade it.” I can empathize with their frustration, but I attribute these behaviors to underdeveloped self-regulation skills, especially in online and blended learning environments. This skill-building can happen at any grade level. Zimmerman, B.

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Shifting from Time-consuming Teacher-led Workflows to Sustainable Student-led Workflows

Catlin Tucker

Workflow Shift #1 From Transfer of Information to Student Discovery Workflow Shift #2 From Whole Group Teacher-led to Small-group Student-led Discussion Workflow Shift #3 From Reading as Solitary Endeavor to Reading for Connection Workflow Shift #4 From an Audience of One to an Authentic Audience Workflow Shift #5 From Teacher Created to Student-Generated (..)

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Partnership with LINCspring: Balance with Blended Learning

Catlin Tucker

In each lesson, or Cycle as they call them on LINCspring, you’ll be introduced to the topic through a “spark” video.

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What To Do With Wonky Wednesday

Catlin Tucker

2 Flex Your Metacognitive Muscles. Metacognitive skills must be taught. They need to set academic goals, monitor and track their progress and reflect regularly on the work they are doing and what it reveals about their skill set. I also dedicate a chapter in my new book Balance with Blended Learning to metacognition. #3

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Make Your “Summer Resolutions” a Reality This School Year

Catlin Tucker

We must explicitly teach these skills and give students time in class to practice them. Starting the year with routines designed to encourage students to develop their metacognitive skills can yield deeper learning all year long. 4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking. #5 What are you grading and why ?

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How to use alternative assessments in the classroom

eSchool News

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Consider implementing the following categories and grading them on a scale of 1–5: Building Block: How much future learning is dependent on this standard? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day!

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How to use alternative assessments in the classroom

eSchool News

Did you know that a 5th grade teacher is expected to guide students to mastery of 200 standards each year? Consider implementing the following categories and grading them on a scale of 1–5: Building Block: How much future learning is dependent on this standard? Given a typical school year of 180 days, that’s 1.1 standards a day!