Chasing The Definition Of An Academic Argument
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Although many people think that an academic argument is a one-sided attempt at persuasion, it’s really more like a scientific paper.
Grant Wiggins
What I Learned By Doing What I Ask Students To Do
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Teachers shadowing students will quickly realize that sitting is exhausting, learning is often passive, and teachers are often irksome.
The Impact Of A Teacher That Mentors
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This is key to revolution in education: to think of teachers as hired to help students do their work, not ours.
Planning For Open-Ended Learning
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How To Plan For Open-Ended Learning by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Over the past few weeks I have received a few interesting
Assessment Design: A Matrix To Assess Your Assessments
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Assessment matrixes can be used by teachers to think about rigor when designing assessments to think more clearly about cognitive demand.
What Do Teachers Do? What’s Their ‘Job’?
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What am I expected to cause in students? What am I supposed to accomplish? Whatever the answer, that’s my job.
The Changing Role Of The Teacher
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Getting the conditions for self-directed learning right as a teacher requires an understanding of how people learn to think & problem-solve.
An Example Of Experiential Learning
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Many projects don’t yield transferable learning because too little attention is given to the meta-cognitive and idea-building work.