Educational Links 12/24/17

How to implement cooperative grouping in the inclusive middle school classroom

https://www.classcraft.com/blog/research/implement-cooperative-grouping-inclusive-middle-school-classroom/

How to measure edtech impact in the ESSA era

https://www.eschoolnews.com/2017/12/11/ew-edtech-impact-essa-era/

Your Child’s 7 Executive Functions — and How to Boost Them

https://www.additudemag.com/slideshows/boost-executive-function/?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=parent

Why Are Schools So Bad At Preparing Students For Modern Jobs?

https://wegrowteachers.com/schools-bad-preparing-students-modern-jobs/?utm_content=bufferc0bcd&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

The Irony of Specialized High Schools

https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/12/why-arts-high-schools-produce-science-and-math-majors/549062/

The Propaganda behind Personalised Learning

http://www.longviewoneducation.org/propaganda-behind-personalised-learning/

A More Complete Picture of Student Learning

https://www.edutopia.org/article/more-complete-picture-student-learning?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A%20EdutopiaNewContent%20%28Edutopia%29

I’m really excited to see that educators are clear about the use of formative and summative assessment. We’re using formative assessment to gauge the effectiveness of our teaching and to know what our students know and have yet to learn. We’re using summative assessment to evaluate student progress toward course goals and report grades.