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Using Pre-Assessments for Differentiation

Using Pre-Assessments for Differentiation

  Introduction and background

There are times in which teachers plan a lesson around the assumption that students will know the specific topic that will be discussed. Teachers are then left perplexed when it becomes apparent that their students don’t understand what should have been “easy.” Assumptions tend to get teachers stuck in a state of frustration which some then take out on their…

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Assessing Project Based Learning

Assessing Project Based Learning

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Project Based Learning: A brief introduction

Project Based Learning is part of the 21st century learning skill, which allows students to take control of their learning, through a project. Coming from bie.org, Project Based Learning (PBL for short) is

“Students work on a project over an extended period of time – from a week up to a semester – that engages…

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Data-based Modifications of Formative Assessments

Data-based Modifications of Formative Assessments

Introduction

 What is a formative assessment?

A formative assessment is used by teachers and students during instructions. It provides immediate feedback to adjust on-going teaching and learning (schools.archmil.org, n.d.). With a formative assessment, there also needs to be a way to monitor students’ progress. This also involves a systematic use if data that employs learning trackers to gather…

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Applying classroom rules and procedures

Applying classroom rules and procedures

Teaching can be a lot for teachers to handle, especially new ones. Classroom management is one of the hardest aspects for teachers to establish in their classroom. If a teacher does not have the proper rules and procedures instilled within his/her classroom, some chaos is bound. Rules and procedures should guide students on the understanding of how to comport themselves from the moment they enter…

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Creating high performance learning environments

Creating high performance learning environments

“A teacher’s beliefs about students’ chances of success in school influence the teacher’s actions with student’s which in turn influence students’ achievement…If the teacher believes that students cannot succeed, she [or he] unwittingly tends to behave in ways that subvert student success or at least do not facilitate student success” (Marzano 2007, pg. 162).

For education, no truer words have…

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Combating stereotypes and racism

Combating stereotypes and racism

China, is quite an interesting place. Anybody who knows me well knows that I’ve wanted to come to China since I was 12 years old. From having a half Chinese neighbour who would teach me about half his culture, to learning about ancient China in history class, I always told myself that one day, I would go to China. When I got the chance to go, I went.

I came here loving China but throughout the…

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Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate

Establishing a Positive Classroom Climate

Have you ever

worked somewhere and felt that the environment was toxic? You didn’t care for your colleagues, the administration wasn’t supportive, people tried to belittle one another, and others felt superior to others because their skin tone was “better,” or their country of birth was “the best.”

Now, imagine that you are a student and you’re in a classroom like this—people make fun of you/pick…

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"Let's go on a beach vacation!"

“Let’s go on a beach vacation!”

 These are words that would NEVER come out of my mouth. Simply put, I’m not a beach fan. I’m not about “that life.” I’m not a “beach bum.” There are definitely two types of people in this world-beach people, and those who would rather chop up an entire barrel full of onions, than go to the beach (that’s me)!   As a concept, the beach appears phenominal. The beauty in the sun rise and set. The…

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Halloween, is one of my favourite holidays

Halloween, is one of my favourite holidays

As a Catholic, I am not supposed to enjoy this Pagan holiday. I am supposed to focus my attention on the first and second of November only, and push Halloween as far away from my life, as possible. The problem is that I can’t. I haven’t always celebrated Halloween, especially in China but this year, I felt like going for it. There have arising certain moments in my life, where I’ve poured my…

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Work has been all consuming

Work has been all consuming

With that being said, I will be devoting more time to this blog. Thank you, for being patient!

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A typhoon's coming. #beautybeforethestorm #dongguan #sunset #travelisthenewclub #travelnoire #China

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Shenzhen

I dreaded coming back to Shenzhen. My soul died, the further away we were from Spain, and the closer we got to China. I’ve been back at work since the 25th of August and things have been rather hectic. I feel as though I’ve had no time to recover from my holiday high and transition back to the thick of everything. I have had more days in which I’m prepared to leave, and more days of annoyance…

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What can you see, in this photo? #findit #spotit (at Shenzhen, China)

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#travelisthenewclub #travelnoire #travellushes (at Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain)

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“What’S wrong?”

 I asked my boyfriend as we were walking through the streets of Melilla. We had landed an hour ago and were already going through his parents’ old neighbourhood. “I don’t know…it doesn’t feel like Spain anymore,” he replied, with a hint of sadness in his voice and written across his face. “There are so many Moroccans here now,” he continued “I just don’t feel like it’s Spanish.” I was a bit…

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#truth!

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Hello, God? 

This morning, I attended a church service, with my boyfriend’s grandmother. Like me, his family is Catholic. Inline me, apart from the grandmother, they don’t go to church. I had planned on going last Sunday but fell ill. Yesterday, I promised to go to mass with the grandmother and so, I went! I woke up at least three times, between 6a.m. and 9a.m, afraid that I would sleep through my alarm. Mass…

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