This story about number sense was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. Sign up for the Hechinger newsletter. ATLANTA — Students gathered around a bright blue number board in Melissa Williams’ kindergarten class at the Westminster School, gazing at the bank of 100 blank squares, organized in rows…
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I’m fairly active on Pinterest and, in fact, have curated 25,000 resources there that I haven’t shared on this blog. I thought readers might find it useful if I began sharing a handful of my most recent “pins” each week (I’m not sure if you can see them through an RSS Reader – you might have to click…
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TheDigitalArtist / Pixabay Here’s how UC San Diego defines spaced practice: Rather than intensively cramming right before the exam, a more effective strategy is to distribute your exam preparation over multiple sessions. This is known as spaced practice or distributed practice. By “spacing” learning activities out over time (for example, 1 to 2 hours every other day,…
ATLANTA — Students gathered around a bright blue number board in Melissa Williams’ kindergarten class at the Westminster School, gazing at the bank of 100 blank squares, organized in rows and columns of 10. Their assignment was to pick a numbered tile and figure out where it should go on the board. The task seems…
Why did no one warn me? I was 25 years old, a second-year master’s student, standing in front of 70-plus undergraduates with my heart pounding and palms sweating. I thought I had prepared well for this moment, yet I felt completely unprepared standing there. Despite knowing my subject, I felt like an imposter in that…
Additive grading is method of grading that starts all students at zero and adds points for accomplishments and mastery. Source Additive grading is method of grading that starts all students at zero and adds points for accomplishments and mastery. Source Teaching, Assessment Resources For Teachers, Student Engagement TeachThought
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