by Cyndy Ware | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Social Studies, Solutions
One goal is to provide opportunities for Constitutional Law students to develop and defend their own arguments. Because the universe of information is vast, and students often need guidance on choosing quality sources, often I supply sources for the...
by Daniel August | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Mathematics, Personal Authenticity, Solutions
by Maurice Blackmon | Jan 9, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, 9/10th Grade, Personal Authenticity, Social Studies, Solutions
The idea of student engagement is one that has always challenged me. On one hand, I know exactly what it means because I’ve spent more time in my life as a student than as anything else, it seems. I’ve experienced the excitement of sitting in classrooms...
by Pearl Ohm | Jan 8, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Mathematics, Solutions
In my PreCalculus class this semester, I was excited to create opportunities for my kids to be mathematicians and pose their own questions, making their own conjectures and discoveries, and also be creatively frustrated. I speak about my problem of practice in...
by Sarah Ahmed | Jan 8, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Mathematics, Solutions
This past semester has been an emotionally grueling one. After my initial foray into this topic in my first blog post (exploring the balance of skilled practice with true mathematical inquiry, pursuing authenticity of the discipline), I began to see just what I...
by Greg Fisher | Jan 8, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Literature, Solutions
This semester, I’ve been working towards creating opportunities for my students to marry an insightful analysis of literature with a creative use of language that highlights unique authorial voice. I documented my efforts (and background on my course) in my last...