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January 4, 2007

Inspiration

Filed under: Other Blogs, Assessments, Teaching — mrc @ 8:12 pm
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Here’s something new I’m reading: dy/dan. I like his style, his tone, and most of all his enthusiasm. He’s got something dialed in on the assessment side that I really like and almost have the courage to try. Maybe next year? He’s also really self-aware about how he manages the classroom, and able to articulate the games he plays in a way that appeals to me. Anyway, if you want some inspiration or just to feel hopeful for the future of education, check him out.

1 Comment

  1. Snap! This is a blog I can hang with. I spent my student teaching year + two more teaching low-level math in a poor urban high school and I get all tingly in my teacher spot reading all about your frequent frustration, dogged idealism, scattered satisfaction. It’s truly a difficult game you’re trying to play.

    Just wanted to share real briefly: for my Master’s thesis I studied the effect of homework on a low-income, low-performing Algebra 1 class and couldn’t escape the conclusion that it didn’t do much. Consequently, I don’t assign much homework.

    And, while I recommend them Internet-wide, my assessment methods were the strongest element of my teaching in the inner-city. The students there — so worried about just getting by, looking good, and looking hard — just didn’t have enough intrinsic buy-in with the usual sort of test.

    This system I’ve been running since my first year broke it down for the students there in plain terms. They knew what they knew and didn’t know. They knew how to pull a high grade. They knew the system was working in their favor. It killed, man. Especially reading this post of yours, I’m telling you, you can get this high on assessment on a weekly basis.

    I don’t think there’s any feasible way to work it into a classroom mid-year but if you’re courageous enough to try out a system just on some no-name blogger’s say-so, I’d give you all the help I could. Especially where you’re teaching, I’m convinced there’s nothing better.

    Keep at it. Your blog makes me wish I hadn’t moved.

    Comment by Dan Meyer — January 5, 2007 @ 12:38 am

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