The CoolCatTeacher

JULY 8, 2020

The truths from this kickoff are still true now as we plan for fall. The teachers have come an incredibly long way from when we were teaching them Zoom at 3:30 pm last Thursday. (see I wrote this piece back in March as this began and in the hustle and bustle, I didn’t publish it. I just forgot it was there. Everything you need.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 9, 2015

The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment. In terms of pedagogy, the primary purpose of an assessment is to provide data to revise planned instruction. This can mean that it’s often easier to assess something other than an academic standard than it is knowledge of the standard itself. by Terry Heick.

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TeachThought - Learn better.

MARCH 16, 2015

60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques. These can be formal–formative or summative assessment, multiple choice, short answer, essay, matching, and related iconic “test” forms. So what about assessment as a matter of tone and purpose? Does the tone of an assessment matter?

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TeachThought - Learn better.

APRIL 13, 2015

The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learning. If you don’t already have a plan for the data before giving the assessment, you’re already behind. And let’s talk about how much we, as teachers, like to jump hurdles for others. What Should Assessments “Do”?

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Hack Education

DECEMBER 20, 2016

This is part ten of my annual review of the year in ed-tech. The richest 1% now possess as much wealth as the rest of the world combined. That was the conclusion of an Oxfam report issued in January. ” It doesn’t look as though we’ve done that, sadly. ” It doesn’t look as though we’ve done that, sadly.

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