Schoolwork Too Easy? Or Teacher Effectiveness too Varied? 7.25.12 John Wood I was recently reading Erik Robelen’s Ed Week blog – Many Students Find Schoolwork ‘Too Easy’ – and it got... More
Instructional Strategies: Raising Hands in Class and the Outlier Effect 7.13.12 Dr. Anne Udall If you’ve ever heard Dylan Wiliam speak on formative assessment strategies, you know he’s not a fan of having kids... More
Musings from the NWEA Fusion 2012 Conference 6.29.12 Kelly Goodrich Our Fusion 2012 Conference recently wrapped up and the event is now behind us. We had over 900 attendees this year in... More
The Importance of Setting Classroom and Student Expectations 6.15.12 Kelly Goodrich At some point, we’ve all been there; in a class or course, where after several sessions it’s still unclear what... More
Expert Teachers Have Learned – When they use Evidence of Learning to Adapt Their Instruction, all of their Students Learning Improves 5.22.12 Kelly Goodrich In a recent blog we posed the question "Have My Students Learned What I Taught Today?". In it we discussed how... More
Self-Regulation of Learning Leads to Student Performance Improvement 5.16.12 Kelly Goodrich For students to become actively engaged with the learning process they need guidelines and opportunities to learn and... More
Have My Students Learned What I Taught Today? 4.3.12 Kelly Goodrich Knowing How to Gather Evidence of Student Understanding is Key to Effective Classroom Instruction How do teachers know... More
