Educational Links 11/1/19

Is Your Classroom Layout Hindering Student Engagement? Here’s a Solution.
https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-29-is-your-classroom-layout-hindering-student-engagement-here-s-a-solution
National Reading Scores Are Down. What Does It Mean?
http://blogs.edweek.org/teachers/teaching_now/2019/10/national_reading_scores_are_down_what_does_it_mean.html?cmp=soc-edit-fb&fbclid=IwAR0Cxk3wVOZ0u96PWQI_tmS2ukduIrgIJvAMlRn7z0hDf_XAbkI7OZOtyzA
Teaching Students to Give Peer Feedback
https://www.edutopia.org/article/teaching-students-give-peer-feedback

Why Struggle Is Essential for the Brain — and Our Lives

https://www.edsurge.com/news/2019-10-28-why-struggle-is-essential-for-the-brain-and-our-lives?utm_content=buffer8bc67&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=EdSurgeBuffer&fbclid=IwAR30J_Yy2LG-zgikw_7sjHR71Qp6lLybQCjvMukuU3ekmzM_B2UQBkAKNlo

Most Popular Posts Of The Week

http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2019/10/29/most-popular-posts-of-the-week-35/?fbclid=IwAR3M0sJ_Eg8jzuCPvqTYVQiFUIr2dGDCGq3uQ9t60ZD2H4EeYoKVbwwSXNI


The Most Important Question Every Assessment Should Answer

https://wegrowteachers.com/important-question-every-assessment-answer/?fbclid=IwAR067zEpeHQrTc17h2f5HDEdFl7CqxQgHaUTpEBmb3snhjcKhznB4Vqx4f8

The Low-hanging Fruit of Grading Reform: Eliminating the Zero

https://www.thecorecollaborative.com/post/the-low-hanging-fruit-of-grading-reform-eliminating-the-zero

Zeros, of course, are often used by teachers when a student has failed to turn in an assignment or complete an assessment. Teachers may also assign zeros for behaviors like cheating or late work. But there are several problems with these uses of the zero.