Getting Serious about Classroom Assessment
…over time in terms of “I used to . . . but now I. . . . ” These statements allow students to think about a body of work over…
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Trauma-Informed Writing Pedagogy: Ways to Support Student Writers Affected by Trauma and Traumatic Stress
…topic discussed only in isolated pockets of our culture and viewed as consisting only of individual and extraordinary experiences, is now addressed more openly in terms of collective experiences as…
Tasking Time and Taking Time
…is often populated by top-down, standardized tasks that are far from inspiring or culture building. In the short term, this type of work is frustrating; in the long term, it…
The Science of Reading and the Perils of State Literacy Policies: Virginia’s Cautionary Tale
…landscape and defining the terms. But what happens when terms are touted as scientific yet lack an extensive education research base, creating a conundrum for parents, administrators, and policy-makers who…
Expanding the Ideals of Cosmopolitanism in the Classroom through Global Perspectives
…to Western European thought. Cosmopolitan ideals are found in cultures around the globe. “Cosmubuntuism” is a term developed by Davids (2018), a scholar from South Africa. He combines the term…
Activating Learning: Teaching for Metacognition
…a moment of difficulty and then brainstorm ways they might solve similar problems in the future. Foreground difficulty in course design: scaffold challenging learning activities early in the term so…
Creating ELA Curriculum That’s Meaningful to Students
…to use when talking about the work: Think about the terms and ideas that need to be clarified, defined, and shared by the team designing the curriculum. When working with…
The End of School Movie
Out here in Central Illinois, many schools will be ending their 2017-18 terms in two weeks. There will be final exams, of course, and graduations. And, inevitably, there will be…
There’s No Need to Feel at Sea When It Comes to Teaching Grammar
…multi-modal learning, nonverbal processing, cooperative learning, and high level of student interest and engagement. It works. I have simplified the explanation of grammatical terminology, using sentence frames (e.g., A noun…
(Online) Learning from My Mistakes
…the big project in the middle of the term. Student need social interaction, and they’re more likely to ask each other for help. Meet individually on Zoom during class time….
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