04 Sep 2015
Week 2 – Let The Learning Begin

Week 2 – Let The Learning Begin

I'm finishing up my second week of classes.  For the most part they went well! CLASSROOM ECONOMY Students turned in their applications and I'm in the process of assigning positions.  Students picked their top 3 job choices and I told them I'd do my best to give them one of those three jobs.  A few jobs required a letter of recommendation and I was impressed with a few of the the letters that came in (I told them I'd be extra impressed if it was delivered in an official school envelope).  The hard part is working through the matrix of…
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02 May 2015
So Failing Exams Can Be A Good Thing?

So Failing Exams Can Be A Good Thing?

I recently read the New York Times article 'Why Flunking Exams Is Actually A Good Thing' by Benedict Carey.  A pretty insightful read.  Found things I was doing, things I had done, and things I plan to do. Carey proposed having a pre-course exam could be helpful.  He stated: A test can be an intro to what students should learn instead of a final judgement on what they did not. I thought maybe a pre-course exam for my math classes but definitely multiple choice (probably use a Google Form).  If not for the whole course, at least for each unit.…
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