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How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies

The CoolCatTeacher

Outline of How to Teach Better: Master Reading Differentiation Strategies Podcast Episode Thank you Propello for sponsoring this episode Resources Mentioned in the Podcast Jennifer Seravallo's Bio Podcast Transcript What is in the Reading Strategies 2.0 book that is new? So what are you waiting for?

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Assessing Maker Education Projects

User Generated Education

Institutionalized education has given assessment a bad reputation; often leaves a sour taste in the mouths of many teachers, students, and laypeople. This is primarily due to the testing movement, the push towards using student assessment in the form of tests as a measure of student, teacher, principal, and school accountability.

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How to Prepare K–12 Students for Online Testing

EdTech Magazine

Many states already have an online option for standardized tests, which allowed students to take assessments digitally during remote learning. Studies have found, however, that students generally perform poorly on online assessments compared with written exams.

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Alan November Shares A Mind Blowing New Idea in Assessment

The CoolCatTeacher

Today Alan November @globalearner shares an assessment idea that is gaining steam. In today’s ThoughtLeader Thursday, start thinking about this new idea in assessment. In today’s show, Alan November discusses a groundbreaking new assessment strategy to make you think: The origins of this strategy. Listen Now.

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How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs

EdTech Magazine

How to Implement Library Makerspaces in STEM Programs. Here are five ideas to follow from Fleming on how to set up a library makerspace that will foster creativity and expand on your STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) curriculum : SIGN UP : Get more news from the EdTech newsletter in your inbox every two weeks!

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Different Ways to Show Learning

A Principal's Reflections

None of the pathways above are meant to replace summative assessments, but using varied formative means caters to a learner's preference by giving them the best opportunity to show what they have learned. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning 42(5), 32–35. Kirschner, P. Stop Propagating the Learning Styles Myth." Willingham, 2010.

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How to Help Students Find Their Passion

Ask a Tech Teacher

How to teach passion. Here are ideas on how to help them uncover their passion: Notice what the student does when they have free time. Share a list of resources, websites, books, magazines, experts on the subject, and whatever else will be required to flesh out their project with the teacher and classmates. Step 7: Assessment.

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