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A Critical Lens: Standards-Based and Competency-Based Grading

Posted on 2019/02/01 by

As I’ve been learning more about Standards-Based Grading and Competency-Based Grading, I am struck by something: they don’t appear to be any different in practical application from traditional grade reporting. They distinguish themselves, but they fail to be different in … Continue reading →

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Student Feedback at Two Weeks Gamifying (What They Fear)

Posted on 2019/01/17 by

I have a tendency toward writing a lot of words, so I’ve decided that in hopes of also appealing to people who want to cut straight to the chase, any classroom-ready bits of practical advice will always be in bold … Continue reading →

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The Grand Tour, Revitalized

Posted on 2017/01/17 by

For quite a long time, particularly in Victorian-era England and in the upper echelons of society in the United States, children of well-to-do families set out (or were sent out, more accurately put) upon lengthy grand tours of Continental Europe. … Continue reading →

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Bildung ist Alles (Education is everything)

Posted on 2014/06/24 by

Before I left the states for Germany, I spent a night in a hostel in Queens. After getting settled in my dorm room, I visited the patio for what turned out to be a tremendous view of Manhattan. After sunset, … Continue reading →

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