The main point of this article is to point out the negatives and positives of wording and word choice. Sometimes wording can be too much or it can be too little. It mentions how that sometimes when teachers use graphic organizers it can stop the creativity of a student. I think it fails to mention […]
Handling discourse in the classroom especially for a history class is one of the hardest jobs as an educator. As the readings state history is inherently political there is no escaping that. You will eventually hit something some ones parent feels a certain way about. The way they feel about this may not align with […]
The way that teachers speak to students and convey instructions for assignments can completely make or break a student’s understanding of the assignment. One of the main examples of this is how teachers handle discourse within the classroom. As history educators, discourse is nearly inevitable, since history is inherently political. The edTPA handout gives a […]
Diction is really important when it comes to teaching. Word choice can make or break some students’ whole understanding of certain assignments or essential questions. Appropriate choices in wording can either allow students with certain disabilities to be able to understand an assignment better, but it can also do the opposite. The reading regarding the […]
As educators, everything we say and write will be under intense scrutiny by our students. Not only is it important to be factually and grammatically correct so students continue to see you as a respectful and smart person, but it is also important to be factually accurate to promote these attributes in your students. The […]
Assessments can either be one of the best tools in a teachers arsenal or one of the absolute worst and it all depends on the teachers approach. On one hand you have an easy benchmark for how much someone has learned and whether or not they understand what is being said and taught. On the […]
Both formative and informal assessments are essential to successful teaching–they can be used to gauge whether or not content is sticking with students. The way that assessments are given, and the language used, can make or break how students perform in the classroom. In today’s schools, the most common sort of formal assessment are high-stakes, […]
One of many jobs we have as educators have is assessing our students throughout our time with them, and it is something many teachers neglect. In my experience especially in high school teachers were just running through their class like it was a checklist. They were teaching what they had to, and testing when they […]
As teachers in the 21st century, much of our job is collecting data that can be used to understand effectiveness in learning styles and student understanding. This data can be collected in a number of different ways. The most popular method being standardized tests, which have received much scrutiny as of late. Most say that […]
Formative assessments are essential to helping students excel within the classroom. It allows for more time-relevant evaluations of students’ grasp of the content being presented. Formative assessment attempts to stray away from the popular idea of summative assessment. Summative assessment is said to be an assessment “of” learning as opposed to formative assessments that are […]
In my time as a history student I had very few student centered classrooms and I think that is a real loss for not only me as a learner but everyone without a very active classroom. In all my history classes growing up I honestly feel like even the best of them weren’t really trying […]
Student success can be established through the use of formative assessments. These assessments are known as assessments FOR learning and are administered regularly to determine students’ understanding of the lesson. There are five things that make a quality assessment: clear purposes, clear targets, sound design, effective communication, and student involvement. By using formative assessments, we […]
Week 8 focuses on maintaining student engagement in class. The Hardison article about setting the stage and creating a hook for students talked about the importance of student interaction and direction in the learning process. Hardison stresses the importance of the “lure” to get students acquainted with a particular topic or subject. While I like […]
During my high school years, I had two history classes that particularly stand out in my memory. The first class was an Honors American History class that I took my sophomore year of high school. That teacher had a very strict and rigid way of teaching: we had to take Cornell notes. We had to […]
