Sunday, February 12, 2017

End: 5/5/17


Was this book valuable to you?  Would you recommend it?  Would you like to do the one on “Visible Learning for Math”?

Chapter 5: 5/1/17


Using your QR reader, choose any 2 videos and give a short synopsis and your opinion on the information.

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Chapter 5: 4/28/17


Learning from what does not work:  What is your opinion on each of the following instructional practices.  Do you foresee any changes in these practices in the near future?

Retention
Ability grouping
Matching instruction to learning styles
Homework

Chapter 5: 4/26/17


How does your building use RTI or MTSS and progress monitoring to determine student progress?   What is your opinion of its success?

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Chapter 5: 4/21/17


An effect size of at least .40 corresponds to one year of learning over one year’s time.  We often discuss rate of learning and closing the gap for our students.  Make a list of your typical teaching strategies and their effect size.  Figure an ave.   What is it?  How could you improve your students’ rate of learning?  (Use the appendix for effect sizes.)  Are there strategies you would like to replace?

Chapter 4: 4/12/17


How does time to investigate and produce facilitate learning? 
 Do you agree or disagree with practices like “genius hour”, Google work, Makers Ed.?  Would it work in your building? 

Chapter 4: 4/7/17


“Keep in mind knowledge begets knowledge and one of the strongest predictors of a learner’s future capacity to learn is what he or she already knows.”  Agree or disagree and why?

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