Articles and Research
Every day new articles are published about teaching, learning, and best practice. We will use this space to update interesting and relevant sources and articles. If you have a suggestion for us, please email it to us.
Articles/Blogs
The Critical Difference between Complexity and Difficulty
Moving from Quantities to Qualities: Standards-based Learning and Reporting: Nicole Vagle's blog
Deadlines Matter: Debunking the Myth that SBG Means No Deadlines
The Case Against Percentage Grades: Thomas Guskey addresses why we should abandon the 100 pt scale
Accountability: Rick Wormeli addresses what it means to hold kids accountable
Rick Wormeli response to a parent of a high-achieving student with concerns about grading changes
DuFour blog response about grading--asks some great questions.
Why Learning Should Be Messy
Videos
Dr. Robert Duke: Why Students Don't Learn What We Think We Teach
John Hattie: Why are so many of our teachers and schools so successful?
Multiple SBL Videos: a great collection of videos--some general, some discipline specific
Wormeli – Standards Based Learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QF9Q4gxVM
Wormeli – Late Work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHeij2Zfil4
Wormeli – Redos, Retakes, and Do-Overs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-3PFfIfvI
Wormeli – Gradebooks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC7ZI8zr_Mk
Wormeli – Formative and Summative http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxFXjfB_B4
Articles/Blogs
The Critical Difference between Complexity and Difficulty
Moving from Quantities to Qualities: Standards-based Learning and Reporting: Nicole Vagle's blog
Deadlines Matter: Debunking the Myth that SBG Means No Deadlines
The Case Against Percentage Grades: Thomas Guskey addresses why we should abandon the 100 pt scale
Accountability: Rick Wormeli addresses what it means to hold kids accountable
Rick Wormeli response to a parent of a high-achieving student with concerns about grading changes
DuFour blog response about grading--asks some great questions.
Why Learning Should Be Messy
Videos
Dr. Robert Duke: Why Students Don't Learn What We Think We Teach
John Hattie: Why are so many of our teachers and schools so successful?
Multiple SBL Videos: a great collection of videos--some general, some discipline specific
Wormeli – Standards Based Learning http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-QF9Q4gxVM
Wormeli – Late Work http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHeij2Zfil4
Wormeli – Redos, Retakes, and Do-Overs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM-3PFfIfvI
Wormeli – Gradebooks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC7ZI8zr_Mk
Wormeli – Formative and Summative http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJxFXjfB_B4
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Books for Summer Reading
Feel free to stop by Office 131 (Teacher Resource Center) to sign a book out for the summer and to get suggestions based on areas of interest or need.
The Art of Changing the Brain by James Zull
Fair Isn't Always Equal by Rick Wormeli
The Collected Writings (So Far) of Rick Wormeli
A Repair Kit for Grading by Ken O'Connor
Switch by Dan and Chip Heath
Made to Stick by Dan and Chip Heath
Making Standards Useful in the Classroom by Robert Marzano
Teaching with the Brain in Mind by Eric Jensen
Differentiating Instruction by Carol Ann Tomlinson
Differentiation by Rick Wormeli
How People Learn by National Research Council
Drive by Daniel Pink
On Your Mark: Challenging the Conventions of Grading and Reporting by Thomas Guskey