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Can “playful assessments” tell us whether maker education works?

The Hechinger Report

Bechtel could readily recite the definition of satire. But what else was she learning in this maker space? Plus, evidence-based assessments could improve the overall quality of project-based learning by helping educators tailor projects to specific skills and vet a lesson’s overall effectiveness.

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Standardized Tests Aren’t Going Anywhere. So What Do We Do?

Cult of Pedagogy

After all, framed that way, teachers give hundreds of standardized tests a year, even those who do learner-centered assessment, project-based learning, or otherwise collect evidence of student learning in ways that are considered alternative or non-traditional.

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High school should be more like preschool

The Hechinger Report

For anyone who’s spent time in an early childhood classroom, the idea that school should be as much about making friends and having fun as learning the alphabet will sound familiar. who attempt to replicate its project-based model. The adoption of the Common Core standards led many other schools to try the model , too.

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Lessons from a school without walls

The Hechinger Report

Compared to children at a traditional school, students at Hellerup have a tremendous amount of freedom in how they work. That heightened sense of ownership, which some research suggests could strengthen students’ desire to learn, is one of the many facets of an educational approach called “personalized learning.”

Pedagogy 106
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Technology Sparks Growth Mindset and Innovation in the Classroom

Digital Promise

The opportunities VILS provided greatly helped foster this success while creating a newfound emphasis on project-based learning. It was definitely one piece of the puzzle to our success because it helped foster a growth mindset among our teachers and students.”.

Pedagogy 103
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The complex world of pre-K play

The Hechinger Report

While such classrooms can look different from traditional elementary classrooms, and even appear chaotic at times, students are indeed learning how to interact with their peers and solidifying early math, science and literacy skills. The schools prioritize project-based learning and play.

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How one Chicago high school turned the corner using full-time internships

The Hechinger Report

With this “Real-World Learning” program, ChiTech joins a growing number of schools devoting big chunks of the year to internships, despite the perennial classroom time crunch. The internships are also part of a larger turnaround effort at ChiTech, centered on project-based learning. We really enjoyed having them here.