Great Teaching Means Letting Go
Why Great Teaching Means Letting Go by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. […]
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Using Homework As Formative Assessment
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.
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On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions
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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Boring Teachers & How We All Can Respond
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.
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Why You Teach: Developing A Teacher Mission Statement
Why You Teach: Developing A Teacher Mission Statement by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Why do you teach? I am not asking
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The Shift From Teaching Content To Teaching Learning
It is the continual addressing of essential questions that moves us from naïve and okay teachers to skilled professionals teaching learning.
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Curriculum Is More Important Than Learning Technology
The overwhelming amount of information will surely impede learning for many students in the absence of teaching grounded in good curriculum.
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How Good Teachers Decenter Themselves
How Good Teachers Decenter Themselves by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education As teachers we understandably believe that it is the ‘teaching’ that
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4 Easy Steps To Teach What Matters Most
4 Easy Steps To Teach What Matters Most by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education We have all said it and we have
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10 Conditions For Self-Sustaining Learning In The Classroom
10 Conditions For Self-Sustaining Learning In The Classroom by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education The 4th of July: a great time to think
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A Unique Approach To Pre And Post-Assessments
Constructing a pre- and post-assessment system helps you formally track how much progress you make within a given time period.
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Where Essential Questions Come From
Where Do Essential Questions Come From? by Grant Wiggins, Ph.D, Authentic Education “I didn’t know they could think!” an excited high school
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