Adam Steiner (@steineredtech) recommends the blog
post of social studies teacher Jay Barry, who notes the trend that «many boys stop reading for pleasure in middle school and those that are reading often choose books that do not challenge them as readers.»
Not exact matches
Quantitative methods involved descriptive statistical analyses
of teachers» ratings
of 37 different
social studies lessons
posted in the lesson archive
of a grant - funded collection
of lesson plans created through a process
of development, field - testing, peer review, and evaluation.
Excerpts
of their
post appear below: To get a glimpse
of the
social studies teacher workforce in the U.S., we look to data from the 2011 - 12 Schools and Staffing Survey Read more about The State of the Nation's Social Studies Educators -LS
social studies teacher workforce in the U.S., we look to data from the 2011 - 12 Schools and Staffing Survey Read more about The State of the Nation's Social Studies Educators -L
studies teacher workforce in the U.S., we look to data from the 2011 - 12 Schools and Staffing Survey Read more about The State
of the Nation's
Social Studies Educators -LS
Social Studies Educators -L
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In our first
post of 2014, Peer Instruction Network member, Mr. George Phillip, describes how he moved from a thoughtful
teacher to someone who is innovating in his
social studies classroom with Fl...
By joining a volunteer service and being
posted to Nigeria, his eyes were further opened to
social iniquities, and after attending
teacher's college, he brings his love
of hawks and nature to environmental
studies.
EDUCATION / CERTIFICATIONS
Post Baccalaureate
Teacher Certification — Westfield State College, Westfield, MA Bachelor
of Science Speech, Psychology — Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, NY Provisional Certification in History &
Social Studies 7 - 12 Provisional Certification in Special Education K - 12
I've previously
posted about
studies that have found that the laser - like focus on raising student test scores often identifies
teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers Of Using High - Stakes Testing For Teacher Evaluation; Another Study Shows Limitations Of Standardized Tests For Teacher Evaluations; Study Finds Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly
teachers who are good at doing that, but those VAM - like measures tend to short - change educators who are good at developing
Social Emotional or «non-cognitive skills» (see More Evidence Showing The Dangers
Of Using High - Stakes Testing For
Teacher Evaluation; Another
Study Shows Limitations
Of Standardized Tests For
Teacher Evaluations;
Study Finds
Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly
Teachers Whose Students Achieve High Test Scores Often Don't Do As Well With SEL Skills and SEL Weekly Update).