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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 [...] 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 [...] [The title of this post is losing its relevance, since I probably won't do much more than refer to programming, but if you read Part 1 hopefully it'll make a little more sense.] As I argued in part 1 of this series, I believe that explicit standards actually prevent the type of learning most educators [...] There’s a lively discussion going on over at Ben Grey’s joint related to whether programming should be something students are required to encounter during their time at school. This discussion started at the Constructing Modern Knowledge Summer Institute (CMK09)- which I was lucky enough to attend. Several speakers at the conference stated that programming is [...] |
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