How to Make a Quiz Work Harder for You 5Dec2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Assessments should clearly tell us what our students understand. But without a system for precisely pinpointing that information, our tests and quizzes aren’t working hard enough. Here’s how I do it.
Self-Paced Learning: How One Teacher Does It 12Nov2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Most teachers feel they could be doing a better job of differentiating instruction, but many can’t figure out how to manage it. How to run a classroom where each student is working on a different thing, at a different speed? See how one teacher does it.
How to Turn Rubric Scores into Grades 19Aug2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Many teachers are confused about how to convert rubric feedback into grades or points. Even if you are moving away from traditional grades, you still may be required to supply them. Here’s my process.
Dogfooding: How Often Do You Do Your Own Assignments? 10Jun2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez It’s time to add dogfooding — the practice of using your own product as a consumer in order to find and fix the bugs — to our own teaching practice.
Could You Teach Without Grades? 20Feb2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez There’s a new movement of teachers who are giving up traditional grading and finding different ways to measure student learning. Starr Sackstein is at the front of the pack, and in a new podcast episode, she tells me how it all works.
Meet the Single Point Rubric 4Feb2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez The practice of using single point rubrics is slowly but surely catching on. Try one for yourself and let us see it!
6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2015 6Jan2015 by Jennifer Gonzalez Although most of these tools aren’t brand-new, they are all growing in popularity, and each one can enhance teaching and learning in unique, time-saving, or engaging ways.
Should You Give Timed Math Tests? 26Nov2014 by Jennifer Gonzalez A homeschooling mom gives her son timed math tests, but they cause him some anxiety. Should she stop? What does the research say about timed math tests?
5 Reasons You Should Seek Your OWN Student Feedback 23Oct2014 by Jennifer Gonzalez As teacher evaluation systems become more complex and intense, many of us ignore the richest source of information about our teaching. And it’s right under our noses.
