Wicked witch blog post august 2015. ASCD Express 12.16 - Targeting Competency: Using SSRD and Differentiated Rubrics to Teach. Learning Myths vs. Learning Facts - The Effortful Educator. The Learning Styles Myth What exactly are learning styles? Well, that’s not too easily defined and there are many different forms. Looking at research, one of the most popular forms is VAK; visual, auditory, or kinesthetic (1).
Other researchers have compiled over seventy different classifications for learning styles (2). That we cannot agree on what they are begins to show the problem with learning styles. 1. I remember attending professional development and explicitly being told to create lessons that reach all three learning styles (VAK). As it turns out, most research shows a lack of evidence in support of learning styles. A Viable Alternative: Learning Strategies So, since learning styles are bunk, is there a viable alternative that reaches learners of all abilities across most curriculums?
Here’s an overly simplified overview of a few of the most promising learning strategies: Distributed Practice, or spaced practice, refers to distributing practice of material over time. 1. 2. 1.
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While there are many specific vocabulary standards clearly listed in the K-12 Language strand, it's helpful and important to look at Academic Vocabulary from the big picture view known as Shift 6. Let's unpack it. Shift 6: Academic Vocabulary Overview: Three Tiers of Vocabulary Tier 1:Words acquired through every day speech, usually learned in the early gradesTier 2:Academic words that appear across all types of text.
Digital Tools to Help Identify Tier 2 Words Wordle Included in the collection of Common Core resources from EngageNY is a high school level exemplor lesson that devotes three days of instruction to carefully examining and interacting with the first three paragraphs of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. The Find Tool Taking this one step further, I returned to the original text and used the Find Tool (control + f) to find occurances of the word, dedicated. Quick Guide to the Common Core: Key Expectations Explained - Vander Ark on Innovation. How the Common Core Will Change the Way Teachers Teach and Students Learn Guest Post By Adam Berkin, vice president of product development at Curriculum Associates Since the Common Core State Standards were introduced, there has been much discussion about what they mean for educators and students and how they will impact teaching and learning.
While the standards have been adopted by 45 states and 3 territories so far, there is a lot of concern, anxiety, and debate around what is best for students, potential challenges for teachers, and what implementation should and can look like. While many educators, parents, and concerned citizens have delved deep into the world of Common Core and understand the detail and complexity, most people have only a cursory understanding of the changes that are taking place, and some only know that changes are coming but don't know what they mean.
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In small groups, they are producing their own questions, quickly, one after another: What are plate tectonics? How fast do plates move? Why do plates move? Do plates affect temperature? What animals can sense the plates moving? Far from Palo Alto, in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Mass., Sharif Muhammad’s students at the Boston Day and Evening Academy (BDEA) have a strikingly similar experience. These two students—one in Palo Alto, the other in Roxbury—are discovering something that may seem obvious: When students know how to ask their own questions, they take greater ownership of their learning, deepen comprehension, and make new connections and discoveries on their own.
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