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STUDENT AGENCY: Raising Student Engagement
Download PDF of blog here. Student Agency: What is it? Why should we focus on it? Most Ministers of Education today, unfortunately, are so concerned with science, technology, engineering and mathematics, and having test scores, that they forget that, at the end of the day, if we don’t have people with good character, people who […]
Alternative Assessments for Project-Based Lessons Part 3 of 3: Using Content and Language Objectives
Download PDF of blog here. Assessing content and language in bilingual programs In Part 1, we shared how the Enquiry Question can be used to assess our students’ progress. In Part 2, we saw how the Final Task is an extremely valid assessment tool…once we convince our school’s stakeholders to consider alternatives to the traditional […]
Alternative Assessments for Project-Based Lessons Part 1 of 3: Using the Enquiry Question
Download PDF of blog here. How do traditional assessments harm our students? ‘Do I give my students traditional assessments for project-based lesson?’ ‘And if not…how in the world do I assess them?’ These are familiar questions, right? Don’t worry – you’re not alone, and we have concrete options for you – ways to assess your […]