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What the Heck Is Project-Based Learning? | Edutopia

What the Heck Is Project-Based Learning? | Edutopia

Traditional Grading?

The more I read about the traditional grading system, the more I call into question the purpose of how and why we utilize it the way we do.

The first link goes to a recent EdWeek article on the subject and the second to one by Guskey from EdLeadership in 2011. 

http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/work_in_progress/2015/03/still_not_convinced_grades_are.html?cmp=soc-edit-tw-tm

http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/nov11/vol69/num03/Five-Obstacles-to-Grading-Reform.aspx

What other options could we employ that would better serve our students? Are you familiar with high schools that have revised the way they report out on student progress?

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Weapon of Mass Instruction

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When teacher's provide clarity, give students useful feedback and teach them how to learn, they make real progress. 

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