Feedback = Learning

Feedback is needed to improve. Examine methods to increase the frequency and quality of feedback with students. Many examples of online and paper-based forms and techniques will be shared. New and improved distance learning edition! Contribute to the Pre-session and TPEP Survey Take the Presentation / Session TPEP Prioritization Agenda Survey This is a standards-basedContinue reading “Feedback = Learning”

Your Future Success Revealed with Marshmallows?

“…a seemingly simple experiment devised by Walter Mischel to test will power: put a kid in a room with a marshmallow, and tell her if she can resist eating it for 15 minutes, she can have 2 marshmallows. It turns out the kids who could wait were much more likely to be successful as adults.Continue reading “Your Future Success Revealed with Marshmallows?”

Khan Academy Founder Talks Radical Education Reform

“There’s a lot more demand for people who want to just improve themselves than anyone would have guessed,” says Salman Khan, founder of the free educational video series that bears his name and the new book, The One World Schoolhouse: Education Reimagined. Originally conceived to help his 12-year-old cousin learn math, Khan Academy now offersContinue reading “Khan Academy Founder Talks Radical Education Reform”