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Rethinking Grading In A 21st Century Project-Based Learning Environment

Rethinking Grading In A 21st Century Project-Based Learning Environment by Terry Heick Summary: In Project-Based Learning, achievements can encourage students by clarifying complexity and... The post...

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Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn’t Doing You Any Favors

Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn’t Doing You Any Favors by Terry Heick It’s been a great run. We’ve had some great times, and done some... The post Data-Driven Teaching? The Unit Isn’t Doing You Any...

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60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know

60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What They Know  by Ryan Schaaf, Notre Dame of Maryland University When I was a high school... The post 60 Things Students Can Create To Demonstrate What...

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The Mistakes That Quality Assessments Avoid

The Mistakes That Quality Assessments Avoid by Daniel R. Venables, Founding Director of the Center for Authentic PLCs It’s that time of the school year... The post The Mistakes That Quality Assessments...

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The Perfect Assessment

The Perfect Assessment by Terry Heick Nothing is perfect, but we can dream. So let’s dream about assessment. First, what is an assessment? A measurement?... The post The Perfect Assessment appeared...

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How To Design A 21st Century Assessment

How To Design A 21st Century Assessment by Mike Fisher Contemporary curriculum design involves multiple facets: engaging 21st Century skills, using digital tools, collaborating... The post How To...

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27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding

27 Simple Ways To Check For Understanding Checking for understanding is the foundation of teaching. Whether you’re using formative assessment for data to personalize... The post 27 Simple Ways To Check...

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The Real Problem With Multiple-Choice Questions

The Real Problem With Multiple-Choice Questions by Terry Heick Ed note: This post has been republished from a 2013 article. The multiple-choice problem is... The post The Real Problem With...

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The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment

The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment by Terry Heick 1. In terms of pedagogy, the primary purpose of an assessment is to provide data to... The post The Inconvenient Truths About Assessment appeared...

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The Assessment Range: Using Data To Meaningfully Affect Learning

The Assessment Range: Using Data In The Classroom To Meaningfully Affect Learning by Terry Heick If you don’t already have a plan for the... The post The Assessment Range: Using Data To Meaningfully...

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How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn

How To Give Students Specific Feedback That Actually Helps Them Learn by Justin Chando To tell a student “great job”or “this needs work” is a missed... The post How To Give Students Specific Feedback...

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15 Simple Tips To Keep Your Sanity During Testing

15 Ways To Make Testing Fun–Or At Least To Keep Your Sanity While It’s Happening by TeachThought Staff Right, so, testing. Bleh.  Let’s get through this together.... The post 15 Simple Tips To Keep...

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35 Digital Tools To Create Simple Quizzes And Collect Feedback From Students

35 Digital Tools To Create Simple Quizzes And Collect Feedback From Students by TeachThought Staff Ed note: This post has been updated from a 2013 post If there is one... The post 35 Digital Tools To...

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60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques

60 Non-Threatening Formative Assessment Techniques by TeachThought Staff As frequently as a chef needs to check a sauce for taste, teachers should check for understanding. These can be formal–formative...

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How I Use ‘Check For Understanding’ Questions In My Teaching

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How I Got Started Using Technology To Assess Student Learning

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Maybe Testing Isn’t The Problem After All

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15 Simple Tips To Keep Your Sanity During Testing

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3 Tips To Help Prepare Your Student For A Test

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Paper-Based Or Computer-Based Testing? Whichever Meets Student Needs

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