One of the reasons I began writing this blog is to force myself out of my comfort zone. I’m an avid reader and always have been. I am comfortable with a book in hand, but I have never felt comfortable writing which I explained in an earlier post, I Hate Writing. Recently I read a book about teaching [...]
Posts Tagged ‘learning’
Comfort zones
Posted in Education, tagged learning, writing on June 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Retrograde Learning
Posted in Education, tagged assessments, learning on June 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One day last fall I experienced a curious phenomenon. A few of my students scored lower on the informal October assessments than they had on the formal assessment in September. No progress was being made. In fact, it appeared as though they were moving backwards rather than forwards. I looked at the dismal results [...]
