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Empowerment Through Choice

A Principal's Reflections

The underlying idea in this approach is that choice gives employees a sense of personal control, which can enhance their intrinsic motivation towards their work, resulting in higher morale, creativity and innovation, better performance, more significant organizational commitment, and lower turnover (Chua and Iyengar, 2006). Chua, Roy Y.J.,

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10 Essential Online Learning Best Practices – Free Webinar

The CoolCatTeacher

I also know that that I too have a lot to learn, even though I’ve been teaching online since 2006 and have collaborated globally for years. I was asked today if I’m sharing and certainly, I am. However, I want to share and talk more about this.

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4 Strategies Designed to Drive Metacognitive Thinking

Catlin Tucker

More formally, “metacognition was originally referred to as the knowledge about and the regulation of one’s cognitive activities in learning processes” (Veenman, Van Hout-Wolters, & Afflerbach, 2006, p.3). Ongoing Self-Assessment Documents. Assess where they are in relation to mastering specific skills.

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5 Ways to Create Relevant Cultures of Learning

A Principal's Reflections

Utility value is purely academic and emphasizes the importance that content has for the students’ future goals — both short-term and long-term goals (Ormrod, 2006). A unifying focus bridges curriculum, instruction, and assessment to a school’s vision and mission. Obviously, I chose the latter. Ormrod, J.E. Upper Saddle River, N.J.:

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Classroom Travels with Twitter: An Evolution

Ask a Tech Teacher

I began using Twitter in my classroom soon after its introduction in 2006. I assigned students to develop a running conversation between historical personalities such as Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton for a quick formative assessment for one lesson. Over the past two decades, Twitter has been a mainstay in my instruction. .

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Exploring generative AI through the lens of science fiction: A framework for educational dialogue

eSchool News

Daniel Suarez’s novel Daemon (2006) is the story of a computer program that takes over its own continued development after the death of its creator. These are critical concerns as schools increasingly integrate AI for personalized learning, student assessment, and decision-making processes.

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Much ado about NAEP

Dangerously Irrelevant

Scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) are down after the pandemic. Indeed, it’s so aspirational that most states are not trying to reach that level with their annual assessments. Phillips set out to map NAEP benchmarks onto international assessments in science and mathematics. . emphasis added].