2 Student Beliefs That Can Change Everything
We know the strong relationship between feedback & achievement. What about the one between feedback, personalization and, hence, motivation?
Author: Grant Wiggins
9 Benefits Of Having More Teachers Than Classrooms
What if we hired 4 teachers for 3 classrooms? That would have enormous benefits of having more teachers than classrooms.
It’s The Goal Of The Question That Matters
Few understand what validity means in assessment and how it is determined. This confusion leads to various unhappy and important consequences.
The Definition Of Authentic Assessment For Learning
A ‘real-world’ assessment is meant to focus on the impact of one’s work in real or realistic–and often ‘messy’–contexts.
What Standardized Tests In School Actually Measure
In a recent study, researchers examined the relationship between student cognition and school achievement as measured on standardized tests.
Mandating The Posting Of Learning Targets & Other Mindless Policies
The bottom line test of the effect of any school policy about goal posting is whether or not students learn better because of it.
The More I Lecture, The Less I Know If They Understand
The clearer I am about what I am saying and why, the more I may be blind to how unclear, confusing, or unhelpful the lecture is to a novice.
Great Teaching Means Letting Go
Why Great Teaching Means Letting Go by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Ed note: On May 26, 2015, Grant Wiggins passed away. Grant was tremendously influential on TeachThought’s approach to education, and we were lucky enough for him to contribute his content to our site. Occasionally, we are going to go back and re-share his most memorable…
Using Homework As Formative Assessment
Homework is only formative if it recurs as a task in which I can learn from feedback to improve at the ‘same’ task. This is easily accessible.
On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions
6 Questions On Measuring Creativity & Other Abstractions by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Oh, you can’t measure that… I hear this in almost every conversation about assessment of long-term educational goals. “Critical and creative thinking – oh, you can’t measurethat.” Why are educators so quick to say things like this? On its face the claim is a…
Boring Teachers & How We All Can Respond
If we ever asked a large amount of students to give one word to describe school, I think that about 90% of them would simply say: boring.
Why You Teach: Developing A Teacher Mission Statement
Why You Teach: Developing A Teacher Mission Statement by Grant Wiggins, Ed.D, Authentic Education Why do you teach? I am not asking this question in the sense often assumed, i.e. why do you personally want to teach? That kind of egocentric stuff never appeals to me. I am not interested in a teacher’s account of personal motive…
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