Nancy Frey's Blog, page 33
June 25, 2021
Why You Need A Vision Now
Education is on the fast track for significant changes! Between schools re-opening for in-person learning and the funds being released through the American Rescue Act, changes are being planned and implemented at lightning speed. The huge influx of money, a significant gift to our children and […]
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June 18, 2021
Be the wave this summer!
Summer is here and you have earned a break! We can all agree that teachers and school administrators have been working 24/7 this year and are exhausted from planning, online teaching, modifying lessons, writing, meeting virtually, and teaching in socially distanced classrooms. ENOUGH is enough! So […]
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June 14, 2021
Motivating and Accelerating Learning with Tutoring
Time devoted to working one-on-one with a learner or with a small group of learners is valuable, particularly in today’s schools and classrooms. However, we often use this support and time to accomplish “housekeeping tasks” or get a head start on homework. The resources and time allocated to provide tutoring has presented us with the […]
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June 11, 2021
What’s so Important About Learning Intentions and Success Criteria?
The effect size for success criteria in John Hattie’s 250+ influences on learning is now 0.88, after the latest meta-analysis was added to the data. With 0.4 being the mean, it looks as if success criteria are rather important…. First, imagine you are given a task which you know […]
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June 9, 2021
3 Actions for Using Rich Math Tasks to Refresh and Rejuvenate Your Instructional Practice
As social distancing guidelines are relaxed and/or removed in school settings, we hear a lot of buzz about “getting back to normal” and “making up for lost time”. Through all the difficulties of distance learning, there have been some bright spots. Teachers and students were […]
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June 7, 2021
The “I” and “We” Skills Needed for Collective Student Efficacy
Airport book stands and Amazon recommendations are full of business books about the wisdom of the crowd, how to get teams operating successfully, and the importance of leading the “collective” in organizations. The evidence for these claims, however, is not easy to find. The wisdom of the crowd is often the wisdom of the group leader. The essence of […]
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June 4, 2021
6 Modern Fluencies for the Post-Pandemic World
“Great teachers engineer learning experiences that put students in the driver’s seat. Then, they get out of the way.” – Ben Johnson To tap into the full intellectual potential of every learner and prepare them for the post-pandemic world, educators must help learners develop the […]
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June 2, 2021
C.A.R.E. to Build Back Better in Math Education
As educators, we agree our post-pandemic goal shouldn’t be to go back to the way things were. It’s a time for a creative reimagination. How can we right some of the pre-existing wrongs and help our systems, structures, and mathematics instruction rebound in ways that […]
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May 31, 2021
Simple Steps for Designing a Unit Plan for Learning Transfer
This blog is the sixth and final part of a series on learning transfer. For more on teaching for transfer, see the first post, second post, third post, fourth post, and fifth post. What if we plan backwards from students’ ability to transfer their learning […]
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May 28, 2021
Connect and Multiply Your Efforts through Quality Questioning
Oxford High School (OHS) has an enrollment of 1223 students grades 9-12. OHS students are 60% white, 27% Black, 12% Hispanic, 1% Asian. Half of the students qualify for free and reduced lunch. In Fall 2019, OHS teachers began a district-wide learning journey focused on classroom questioning. Using Walsh and Sattes’ Quality Questioning, 2nd Edition, as a guide, […]
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