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Tag Archives: self-efficacy
Corrections after a stumble
How do we act and react when our learners take a stumble in their learning? How are we teaching persistence? How do we help learners learn to stay the course? How do we teach pressing on in spite of difficulty … Continue reading
LEARNing: Blogging: read, write, think, learn, communicate,…
We want learners to read, write, think, learn communicate, collaborate, reflect, and revise. We want our learners to receive authentic feedback and have the opportunity to analyze the feedback and revise if needed. “It is simple! Literacy is about communicating. … Continue reading
Posted in Learning, Questions
Tagged formative assessment, self-efficacy, Synergy, Synergy 8
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Try on a new lens – edu180atl: jill gough 8.14.12
I am new to my community – a stranger, if you will. As a fledgling member of the community, I need and want to hear the stories of the children and my colleagues, the history of the people and the place. … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Assessment, Questions
Tagged edu180atl, feedback, formative assessment, Gough, self-efficacy
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The Most Important 21st Century Skill #MCHunter
Who are you? Why are you here? What do you hope to leave with? I wonder how my learners would answer these questions on the first day of school. How would I process this information and engage with my learners … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Learning, PBL, PLC, Reflection
Tagged Jamie Baker, John Hunter, PBL, reflection, self-efficacy, The Martin Institute
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LEARNing: Show what you know; don’t stress for the test (#3)
“Part of our failure rate in contemporary education can be blamed on the one-size-fits-all model of standards that evolved over the course of the twentieth century; as we narrow the spectrum of skills that we test in schools, more and … Continue reading
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Tagged formative assessment, self-efficacy, Synergy, Synergy 8
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LEARNing: Changed circumstances – unlearning and relearning (#2)
Learning, unlearning, and relearning. How do we practice learning, unlearning, and relearning? How do we model lifelong learning for our young learners? “The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who … Continue reading
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Tagged formative assessment, self-efficacy, Synergy, Synergy 8
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Looking for elephants in the room
What is the elephant in the room? Is everyone’s elephant the same? Have I met your elephant? It is easy to miss what you aren’t looking for. Can I be aware of the elephant of others if I don’t know where … Continue reading
Never Underestimate A Motivated Learner ~ You Gotta Have Faith
Who has faith in you? In whom do you demonstrate faith? On November 20, 2011, AS announced that she wanted to learn to knit. She is seven. I’m embarrassed to say that I thought: Is she really going to learn to … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Learning, PBL, Questions
Tagged feedback, PBL, self-efficacy
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Learners need tangible evidence of success
The quotation “Students need tangible evidence of success.” from Dr. Tom Guskey during his Learning Forward pre-conference session on December 3, 2011 has me considering What tangible evidence of success do we offer our learners? Please don’t say grades or … Continue reading
Posted in Assessment, Learning, Questions
Tagged 4-point rubric, formative assessment, Guskey, self-efficacy
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“What can we do” versus “What we can’t do”
Are we teaching our learners to focus on what they can do or what they cannot do? Are our assessments and our feedback geared toward bright spots? If you have not read Switch: How to Change When Change is Hard, … Continue reading
Posted in 21st Century Learning, Assessment, Teachnology
Tagged bright spots, FAAR, formative assessment, Heath, self-efficacy, Switch
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