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The basic idea of standards-based grading is simple: Grade students on their understanding of specific learning goals. It’s the details of that implementation that are devilish. In honor of the “publish, then filter” idea, writing this post is my way of working through (and hopefully solidifying) those details. What standards? I’ve started making a list of standards. I [...] I mentioned it in my last post, and I’m officially announcing it here. My ticket is punched and I’m on board the SBG Express1 for the 2010-2011 school year! I’ve spent the last few weeks reading and rereading several teachers’ explanations and reflections on standards-based grading (including, but not limited to Shawn Cornally, Jason Buell, Frank Noschese, [...] Summer…that magical time where I look forward to reading1, thinking, and relaxing…but in actuality it usually gets eaten up quickly by either Master’s projects (last summer) or landscaping projects (this summer). Obviously my posting to this site has been drastically reduced the last couple months. There a few things floating around my head that I’ll probably [...] I’ve been a fan of Neil deGrasse Tyson for a long time. He’s even my friend on the facebook1. Today, however, he earns a new level of respect plus several thousand cool points. Thanks to a post over on Stop Trying to Inspire Me, I found an interview he did with Linda Holmes for NPR where he [...] Okay, so there is more to science than just curiosity & skepticism- but if my young students leave my class with that understanding, I’d be a happy human. I’ve been grappling for awhile now with how to introduce my 14-15 year old freshmen to what it means to be a scientist. Science is too often presented in [...] Today is the first official day of summer vacation. The last several days I’ve been spending time reflecting back on my first year teaching in a new district. Though my primary concern in my reflection and personal improvement centers around my own curriculum and instruction, I’ve also been analyzing the new system and school culture I [...] Podcasts are amazing. I listen to them when I do the dishes, when I’m driving by myself in the car, when I’m going for a run, and pretty much any time when I’m doing mindless work. I’ve come to rely on podcasts quite a bit for my entertainment/learning/information. I’ve found that since I’ve started using podcasts [...] Martin A. Schwartz in an essay titled, The importance of stupidity in scientific research, published online by the Journal of Cell Science, says: …I don’t think students are made to understand how hard it is to do research. And how very, very hard it is to do important research. It’s a lot harder than taking even very [...] Part 1 of the Chemical Reaction Artifact series of posts. I’m teaching at a new school this year. I’ve been unhappy with how little I’ve been able to integrate projects that involve students creating an “artifact of their learning.” I’ve been doing too much sage-on-the-staging, which I greatly dislike for a great many reasons. I’m teaching a freshman [...] |
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