This is a summary of my learning from reading 'How to Differentiate Instruction in Academically Diverse Classrooms' by Carol Ann Tomlinson. Help advanced learners challenge themselves - Raise the ceiling of expectations so that advanced learners are competing with their own possibilities rather than the norm. Give these students as much voice as possible in… Continue reading Challenging advanced learners
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Technology and feedback
Technology provides the accessibility to peer feedback at the time when it influences the performance In Nutrition & Food Science coursework at the Sec 3 level, coursework can be done on Google Docs which would make the project accessible to the students at the same time. While the students are typing, peers can provide feedback.… Continue reading Technology and feedback
Corrective and Suggestive Feedback
At work, we're considering the type of feedback to give and when to give it for coursework subjects. There are generally two types of feedback - Corrective and Suggestive. Corrective feedback is a type of performance feedback which is given to students to help them improve performance. On the other hand, suggestive feedback is advice… Continue reading Corrective and Suggestive Feedback
2022 PLC
This term, we were asked at work to develop a simple task that would get students to give feedback to one another and to develop a research question based on that task, the objective being to improve our instructional design for peer feedback. My research question was as follows - To what extent are students able… Continue reading 2022 PLC
Frozen Pizza Taste Test
I LOVE pizza so gave some frozen ones a go. These were the ones available at the NTUC near my place. The Plank and the Pizza Tradizionale one are supposed to be the fancier types and the Dr Oetker Ristorante one is just your run of the mill frozen pizza I guess. Here's what they… Continue reading Frozen Pizza Taste Test
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The Heart of Conservation
Conservation issues are the result of human impact, therefore without people, conservation wouldn't exist. People are the heart of conservation. Conservation is about finding solutions to problems that are caused by human attitudes and behaviours. If what we're doing is the problem, then we hold the keys to the solutions. Conservation is also about compromise,… Continue reading The Heart of Conservation
Important Statistics for Conservation
Of the 75,000 species assessed by the IUCN Red List (by end 2014), 20,000 species have been listed as threatened (classed as Vulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered) The 2014 Living Planet Index tracks trends of over 3000 species of vertebrates (mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish). Between 1972 and 2010, the populations have decreased by… Continue reading Important Statistics for Conservation
Choosing What to Conserve
It breaks my heart to think that we have to triage species to save. The video lesson from the Introduction to Conservation Course said that we have to decide which ones to save because "conservation operates under limited resources". There are not enough resources to save all the species. I cannot help but wonder whether… Continue reading Choosing What to Conserve
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