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Jun. 19, 2013
What Went Well This Year?
Heather Sanders has a good post on how praising your kids can backfire. It reminded me of the article about how we should praise a person's efforts rather than intelligence. If you haven't at least skimmed the article, please do … Continue reading
Tagged Encouragement, grades, life-long learning, praise
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Apr. 24, 2013
From Luke's Inbox: What's the Big Picture in Grading?
I am a computer technology teacher and want my students to learn movie/film making. I love your free film school because you make it sound fun which is a contrast to my serious approach. But I've never graded students on … Continue reading
Jan. 7, 2013
The Curse of Classroom Management
She is a kindred spirit. Her ideas mesh well with my own. She is passionate about education and teaching the children entrusted to her care. She's energetic. And she has decades of teaching experience. I think that's the problem. A … Continue reading
Tagged children, grades, Homeschooling, school, teaching
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Oct. 15, 2012
Grades: the less-helpful metric
We went to Prom together over a decade ago. Yesterday we chatted in the church hallway while we waited for the kids in the Christmas play to finish rehearsal. I don't even know how the topic came up. "At our … Continue reading
Tagged grades, Homeschooling, mastery, Testing
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Aug. 15, 2012
Failure is Okay on the Road to Mastery
I really liked the video in Suji's post Learn. Fail. Repeat. Paul Anderson played video games in '80s. And now, as a teacher, he's learning to apply what he learned from games to his classroom. I've written about gaming before … Continue reading
Tagged curriculum, education, games, grades, learning, literature, mastery, Teaching Tips
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Aug. 15, 2011
The Horizon and Beyond...
As I read Judy’s post about another milestone in their family I couldn’t help thinking of an upcoming milestone in ours. In December, our youngest son will graduate from college and my husband and I are already patting ourselves on … Continue reading
Tagged education, Encouragement, forums, grades, graduation, high school, transcript
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