2 Student Beliefs That Can Change Everything
We know the strong relationship between feedback & achievement. What about the one between feedback, personalization and, hence, motivation?
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We know the strong relationship between feedback & achievement. What about the one between feedback, personalization and, hence, motivation?
2 Student Beliefs That Can Change Everything Read More
What if we hired 4 teachers for 3 classrooms? That would have enormous benefits of having more teachers than classrooms.
9 Benefits Of Having More Teachers Than Classrooms Read More
Few understand what validity means in assessment and how it is determined. This confusion leads to various unhappy and important consequences.
It’s The Goal Of The Question That Matters Read More
A ‘real-world’ assessment is meant to focus on the impact of one’s work in real or realistic–and often ‘messy’–contexts.
The Definition Of Authentic Assessment For Learning Read More
In a recent study, researchers examined the relationship between student cognition and school achievement as measured on standardized tests.
What Standardized Tests In School Actually Measure Read More
The bottom line test of the effect of any school policy about goal posting is whether or not students learn better because of it.
Mandating The Posting Of Learning Targets & Other Mindless Policies Read More
The clearer I am about what I am saying and why, the more I may be blind to how unclear, confusing, or unhelpful the lecture is to a novice.
The More I Lecture, The Less I Know If They Understand Read More
Why Great Teaching Means Letting Go by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away.
Great Teaching Means Letting Go Read More
Homework is only formative if it recurs as a task in which I can learn from feedback to improve at the ‘same’ task. This is easily accessible.
Using Homework As Formative Assessment Read More
6 Questions On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Oh, you can’t measure that… I hear this in
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If we ever asked a large amount of students to give one word to describe school, I think that about 90% of them would simply say: boring.
Boring Teachers & How We All Can Respond Read More
by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Cheating or not? As the school year ends and many of you have student papers due,
Is This Considered Cheating? Read More