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Eight groups of diverse faculty representing all subject areas had the task of coming up with a draft assessment philosophy statement for a middle school of 500 students. They started out with a chalk talk centered on the question: If impacting student learning is our shared goal, what assessment philosophy and practice lead us to…
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Peter Doolittle’s TED Talk entitled, How your working memory makes sense of the world, has some important takeaways for classroom teachers. Here are some of the ideas I learned from his work on working memory. Working memory has four components Store some immediate experiences Store some knowledge Retrieves information from long-term memory Mixes and processes…
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In schools, we are continually engaged in conversations about how to integrate technology into our schools’ curricula. Many schools invest heavily in new technology platforms, hardware, and software. If we intend to spend money wisely, we should be prepared to search for answers to these questions: What is the school’s “scope and sequence” describing what…
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As Westminster Lower School teachers bring Project-Based Learning (PBL) to life, their students tackle real-world issues and see meaningful connections in their learning while building 21st century skills. Beyond the limits of traditional instruction, PBL encourages students to take a more active role in their learning and to research in-depth while choosing to create products…
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There has been a national conversation taking place about whether evaluating faculty using students achievement data is an effective practice. Where do you stand on this question? Ask a room full of administrators why they evaluate their faculty? Compliance might be the first response of many administrators. But once they put aside what they are…
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