Developing, interpreting, and accessing student thinking
What is eliciting students’ thinking? According to Teaching Works Team (2022, May 9), eliciting students’ thinking involves classroom practices that develop, interpret, and access student thinking, such as questioning, discussions, and assessments with the purpose of identifying students’ prior knowledge, understanding, and misconceptions. It is a pedagogical approach where… “Teachers pose questions that create space […]
Concept Maps for teaching and learning
What are concept maps? “A concept map is a type of graphic organizer used to represent knowledge of a topic, forge connections between ideas and create visual representations of one’s understandings. Concept maps begin with a main idea (or concept) and then branch out to show how that main idea can be broken down into […]
Gearing up for Practicum: resources & search tips
Handout: Gearing Up Resources for TCs_Dec 23 During our session, we can help you with finding & evaluating resources to support your planning, suggest approaches to planning & teaching or work with your to get started or refine your Unit or Lesson plans. Before our session, we recommend looking at these resources to get a […]
Digital Literacy
Digital literacy “literally” means a new way of being literate – not with books and printed materials, but now with digital materials. These skills are becoming increasingly important in an ever more digitally connected world.
Performance Assessment: connecting teaching, learning, and assessment to support student
Performance Assessment is a way to integrate not only students’ knowledge and competencies but also the teaching and assessment process. Students will learn in a more contextualized and deep way! What is a performance assessment? This type of assessment evaluates students’ knowledge in a more complex way because students need to show what they know […]