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Dec. 12, 2013
Grades: Measure, Motivate, Monitor?
Apparently the median grade at Harvard is an A-. For me, this begs the question -- yet again -- why do we have grades? What is their purpose or function? Report Card I see three possibilities off the top: Grades … Continue reading
Tagged college, grades, learning
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Dec. 10, 2013
How Not to Evaluate Homeschooling
Update: Since this post was first written in December 2013, I've had an opportunity to reevaluate it. In light of several comments and insights, combined with a rereading of the original article in question, I've come to see that I've … Continue reading
Nov. 12, 2013
7 Virtues of Learning (and Teaching)
Virtue is moral excellence--something that is praiseworthy and positive about our behavior, character, and disposition. Learning and teaching both present opportunities for cultivating virtue. Here are seven virtues of learning and teaching: 1. Listening. At times we don't always listen … Continue reading
Nov. 4, 2013
How Experts Teach Stuff They Don't Know
How do you teach something you don't know? You learn it. Alternatively, you could get help. I followed a link from an article about how a quarter of all teachers have fewer than 5 years experience to the comments about … Continue reading
Tagged help, homeschool, learning
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Oct. 4, 2013
Prioritize Learning Over Performance
The biggest flaw within the public education system, if I had to narrow it down to one thing, would be the natural focus on performance over learning. In school, how much you learn doesn't really matter. What matters is that … Continue reading
Tagged education, Homeschooling, learning, Testing
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Sep. 30, 2013
Why Bother Teaching? They'll Forget It All Anyway
Last week I mentioned that daily lessons aren't nearly as important as how your children develop. Like you, they will end up forgetting much--most?--of the details of what they learn in school. But this raises a question: Why bother teaching … Continue reading
Sep. 24, 2013
Preschool Fun
This fall I'm teaching a preschool class at our homeschool co-op. When I volunteered for this class I had fond notions of eight cute little faces gathering around to listen to me read classic favorite storybooks about Curious George and Peter Rabbit and Little Bear. … Continue reading
Tagged books, hands on, Homeschooling, learning, preschool, Teaching Tips
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