by Pearl Ohm | Mar 15, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Mathematics, Personal Authenticity
Last semester, I wanted my PreCalculus students to have the opportunity do what mathematicians do. I wanted to embed opportunities for my students to do authentically engage in the core practices of the discipline of mathematics, specifically for them to ask and...
by Greg Fisher | Mar 15, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authentic Audience, Authenticity to the Discipline, Literature, Personal Authenticity, Uncategorized
TO ALL MY diehard fans, I’m sure I don’t need to remind you of the major success I felt with my attempt to slay the proverbial beast that was my problem of practice. In my first blog post, I focused on the design of my Fall 2018 curriculum, in which...
by Jane Collins | Mar 13, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Authenticity Strands, Literature
Problem of practice: How might our students create more authentic and diverse forms of literary analysis? This semester I am teaching two response to literature courses, with a particular focus on “alternative” writing responses. The goal is to allow...
by Jackson Shafer | Mar 13, 2019 | 9/10th Grade, Authentic Audience, Authenticity Strands, Authenticity to the Discipline, Disciplines, Literature, Personal Authenticity, Solutions
An experiment in varied written assessment. I used to (and still do) believe that the repetition of writing structures is crucial in a student’s ability to improve and and internalize organized literary analysis. I often assign the same structured essay three to...
by Liz Maron | Jan 24, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authenticity to the Discipline, Science, Solutions
Chemistry at ESA now has a legitimate, hands-on Baking Unit! Around the time of my first post, I was brainstorming, collecting, and wrangling ideas & resources to determine an authentic anchor phenomenon to drive the unit. My planning started in August and the...
by Cristie Praeger | Jan 23, 2019 | 11/12th Grade, Authentic Audience, Science, Solutions
My original Problem of Practice was… How might we use the product of a unit on mental health to make contributions within the ESA community? I created a survey for the students of ESA to take. They responded to the following statements with either YES, NO...