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"You're teaching it - and students are learning it - without even realizing it!" Matt Miller
According to Matt Miller, “When students create these interactive stories, they put their creativity AND their learning on display. It's not just for stories. This works in history, math, science, physical education and more.
Use the "if/then" conditional thinking to help students solve problems and make good decisions. Added bonus: conditional thinking is critical to computational thinking and computer science. You're teaching it -- and students are learning it -- without even realizing it!” Check out his ideas for choice stories here!
Learn how to build self-efficacy in teachers.
Teacher self-efficacy “is our beliefs about our ability, not our actual ability”. According to Visible Learning, the effect size can create three times the impact on student achievement. We need to take this into account as we plan professional learning.Here are two PL models discussed that provide insight into how to build self-efficacy in teachers.
Want to know how to build mini-assessments?
Mini-assessments built on the tentates of formative assessment can break the norm and provide meaningful information regarding the mastery level of your students. One blogger explains the process his district went through to implement mini-assessments. HERE
