World History
- Which Roman Emperor Are You?
You scored as Trajan, You are quite fortunate to rank as the emperor Trajan, possibly the greatest of Roman emperors. You have relentlessly expanded the empire and even humbled the mighty Parthian empire. Loved by all, vastly larger than life, you are...
- History Standards In The Fifty States
History Standards in the Fifty States. This essay looks at attempts in the United States to devise a core or common body of history knowledge that all students should be exposed to and hopefully learn. This article primarily looks at statistics and progress...
- Education Week Post
Way back in August Larry Ferlazzo asked me to respond to one of his reader's queries which was posted today. The post looks at "interactives" which allow students to work in class on "problem sets" where the teacher can walk around the...
- Tips To Parents From A Teacher
Recently I finished Think Like a Freak which tries to get people to think differently. It briefly discusses education and says that if we are ever going to narrow the achievement gap and/or improve individual student performance we cannot do it...
- Establishing Relevance To Enhance Student Learning
I found the link to this site, Faculty Focus, through a tweet by Larry Ferzzalo, a California teacher. The article, Establishing Relevance to Student Learning, is interesting because it strikes a chord that we are told about when we get our teaching licenses....
World History
Visible Learning: What Increases Student Achievement
Larry Ferlazzo shared this John Hattie video on his blog, noting that Rick Wormeli shared it with him. John Hattie is an Auckland professor who researches the different influences on student learning from class size to student disruptions. In this video, he argues that when people suggest that class size improves student achievement, they are making a mistake (he calls it the stupidest, craziest, most puerile argument). He says that they are comparing it to the zero point, smaller versus larger classes. Instead they should be comparing class size to all the other influences. It's an interesting argument that will make sense as you listen to the first five minutes.
- Which Roman Emperor Are You?
You scored as Trajan, You are quite fortunate to rank as the emperor Trajan, possibly the greatest of Roman emperors. You have relentlessly expanded the empire and even humbled the mighty Parthian empire. Loved by all, vastly larger than life, you are...
- History Standards In The Fifty States
History Standards in the Fifty States. This essay looks at attempts in the United States to devise a core or common body of history knowledge that all students should be exposed to and hopefully learn. This article primarily looks at statistics and progress...
- Education Week Post
Way back in August Larry Ferlazzo asked me to respond to one of his reader's queries which was posted today. The post looks at "interactives" which allow students to work in class on "problem sets" where the teacher can walk around the...
- Tips To Parents From A Teacher
Recently I finished Think Like a Freak which tries to get people to think differently. It briefly discusses education and says that if we are ever going to narrow the achievement gap and/or improve individual student performance we cannot do it...
- Establishing Relevance To Enhance Student Learning
I found the link to this site, Faculty Focus, through a tweet by Larry Ferzzalo, a California teacher. The article, Establishing Relevance to Student Learning, is interesting because it strikes a chord that we are told about when we get our teaching licenses....