This year, because of circumstances beyond my control, my students will be introduced to and expected to learn 5 word parts per week. They get the words and definitions on Monday and have the week to study them and find examples in context. The next Monday there's a quiz and five more.
I have always been a committed process-oriented educator, which is a sloppy and time-consuming approach to learning. Today? Half the class period was dedicated to the quiz, which I was able to grade and record before the last student left my room.
The scores were generally bell-curvy and correlated with the existing achievement gaps that our district (not to mention our nation) struggles with.
This is what they mean by working smarter not harder, and lord knows I could use the time, but at what expense?
I have always been a committed process-oriented educator, which is a sloppy and time-consuming approach to learning. Today? Half the class period was dedicated to the quiz, which I was able to grade and record before the last student left my room.
The scores were generally bell-curvy and correlated with the existing achievement gaps that our district (not to mention our nation) struggles with.
This is what they mean by working smarter not harder, and lord knows I could use the time, but at what expense?
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