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The Real Problem With Multiple-Choice Questions

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This is a tone that is becoming increasingly important in the 21st century as access to information increases, as the updating of information happens more naturally, and as blended and mobile learning environments become more common. This all emphasizes the value of uncertainty in learning. The Tone of Learning.

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20 Questions Every Parent Should Ask Teachers

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So, in pursuit of that transparency, below are some questions parents ideally would be asking you to better clarify what’s happening in the classroom. Armed with some kind of answer–even a basic one–parents can then decide which non-superficial actions they can impart to truly support the learning of their child.

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Insanity In Education: 52 Mistakes We Make Over And Over Again

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Seem to ignore that mobile learning is central to education’s future. Resist allowing technology to radically alter our classrooms and ways of doing business within them. Actually believe that every single student can master every single academic standard–without making them think they hate learning.

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13 Ways Education Could Change In The Next 13 Years

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This could also be accomplished through adaptive learning software, smart apps, and a blended approach to learning that mixes precise decoding instruction driven by personal learning algorithms, mixed with “human” teaching of the art and science of media design. Connectivity could represent a new kind of assessment.