Tag: Grant Wiggins
Chasing The Definition Of An Academic Argument
Although many people think that an academic argument is a one-sided attempt at persuasion, it’s really more like a scientific paper.
What I Learned By Doing What I Ask Students…
Teachers shadowing students will quickly realize that sitting is exhausting, learning is often passive, and teachers are often irksome.
The Impact Of A Teacher That Mentors
This is key to revolution in education: to think of teachers as hired to help students do their work, not ours.
Planning For Open-Ended Learning
How To Plan For Open-Ended Learning by Grant Wiggins, Authentic Education Over the past few weeks I have received a few interesting queries on…
Assessment Design: A Matrix To Assess Your Assessments
Assessment matrixes can be used by teachers to think about rigor when designing assessments to think more clearly about cognitive demand.
What Do Teachers Do? What’s Their ‘Job’?
What am I expected to cause in students? What am I supposed to accomplish? Whatever the answer, that’s my job.
The Changing Role Of The Teacher
Getting the conditions for self-directed learning right as a teacher requires an understanding of how people learn to think & problem-solve.
An Example Of Experiential Learning
Many projects don’t yield transferable learning because too little attention is given to the meta-cognitive and idea-building work.