World History
So perhaps this is a little off the normal target of this blog, but your hard work does pay off for your students. Right now I am reading Unchartered which uses Google books to look at how language has changed over time (or at least at the point where I am reading). But in the introduction Raj Chetty is referred to for his landmark study on the value added of a great teacher. Chetty earned the incredibly prestigious John Bates Clark award which often comes before a Noble Prize - and he is only 34! At any rate the paper concludes that when a high value added (VA) teacher joins a school, test scores rise immediately in the grade taught by that teacher; when a high VA teacher leaves, test scores fall. Test scores change only in the subject taught by that teacher, and the size of the change in scores matches what we predict based on the teacher?s VA .. and students assigned to such high value-added teachers are more likely to go to college, earn higher incomes, and less likely to be teenage mothers. On average, having such a teacher for one year raises a child's cumulative lifetime income by $80,000. Best of all the study is a quantitative one so it is not based on time based case studies so you can draw the inference that by reflecting and continuing to improving your craft you are really making a difference in the life of your students.
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I have not had many teaching history related posts lately. As such, I am happy to have chanced upon an older ERIC Digest post from 1989 that deals with the topic of textbooks. It is Content Area Textbooks: Friends or Foes? It was written by Patricia Tefft...
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- Reading Comprehension & Learning Styles
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- Project Based Learning In History
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World History
The Value Added By a Great Teacher
- Content Area Textbooks: Friends Or Foes?
I have not had many teaching history related posts lately. As such, I am happy to have chanced upon an older ERIC Digest post from 1989 that deals with the topic of textbooks. It is Content Area Textbooks: Friends or Foes? It was written by Patricia Tefft...
- So I Am Published
Well the book, Deeper Learning Through Technology, is at the warehouse and after a quick look see (don't ask me I only work here), it will be shipped to anyone who wants it. So you will be getting pieces of my book on my blogs in hope that you...
- How To Determine The Reading Level Of A Document
I am thinking ahead to next year and how I will use the reading tests I give my students at the beginning of the year. Since I have technology for them all my next goal is going to differentiate for them. I see differentiation as going two...
- Reading Comprehension & Learning Styles
At my school we are working on Tier 1, 2 and 3 learning which essentially asks the teacher to differentiate learning with your students who are not meeting all of your objectives. Two main items that we are looking at are learning styles and reading comprehension....
- Project Based Learning In History
This clip shows how an AP Government class changed their curriculum to model project Based Learning (PBL). It would be fun to figure out how to do this in World 9 or 10 or even AP World. The AP Government class made the change with the help of the University...