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How to Assess with Respect with Starr Sackstein

The CoolCatTeacher

Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school. Although it is required, we teachers can make sure we assess with respect. Listen to Starr Sackstein share how to assess with respect. From the Cool Cat Teacher Blog by Vicki Davis Follow @coolcatteacher on Twitter Assessment is part of what teachers have to do in school.

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Beyond English: Why Writing Belongs in Every Classroom

Catlin Tucker

Writing to Learn: How Writing Positively Impacts Learning & Academic Success The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) states that writing is “ one of the most important skills that students acquire and develop during K-12 schooling. Writing improves reading skills (Graham & Herbert, 2010; Shanahan, 2016).

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Lumio: Making Review and Practice Easy

The CoolCatTeacher

As you can see in the graphic, you have quick exit tickets, self-assessments, speed up games, and more that you can add to your library to easily insert into your lessons. Additionally, remember that every eight minutes or so to add a quick formative assessment to know where students are in the lesson. On the Fly Editing. References.

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Awareness, Assessment, and Access: Improving Adult Digital Literacy

Digital Promise

” To help increase digital literacy awareness in underserved communities, Broadband Rhode Island , a partner with RIFLI, created a curriculum in 2011 for adult education teachers to promote digital literacy among adult learners. Assessment. This is not the case when assessing its students’ digital literacy levels.

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What is authentic assessment?

Learning with 'e's

Assessment. It's important because it shows that assessment drives they way we teach. Cathy proposes a causal link between the way we conduct assessment in formalised education and the deficit we see today in the workplace. Do you have good examples of authentic assessment? What is authentic assessment?

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Assessment in the digital age

Learning with 'e's

Image from JISC publication This table is very useful summary for anyone who is interested in aligning assessment with teaching methods. It's important that this is achieved, because as Biggs and Tang (2011) argue, students create their own meaning from their experiences, by seeking out learning engagement. References Biggs, J.,

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Research-based Benefits of Being Bilingual

Educational Technology and Mobile Learning

Enhanced Executive Control : Bilingual individuals often perform better in tasks requiring executive control, such as working memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility (Bialystok, 2011). The task assesses executive control components like working memory, inhibition, and shifting. Bialystok, E. Bialystok, E. Blumenfeld, H.K.,

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