tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post3923843103474618679..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: TFA Alum Trashes RTTT, Lawhead Commentsed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-60584978340434688442010-04-06T23:24:36.647-04:002010-04-06T23:24:36.647-04:00Where do you teach?
What grade?
What subject?
What...Where do you teach?<br />What grade?<br />What subject?<br />What are their reading scores when they enter your class?<br /><br />Answer these questions and then we'll talk about Bloom's Taxonomy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-91323545979558800922010-04-06T22:33:30.777-04:002010-04-06T22:33:30.777-04:00Maybe you're not in a school run by lunatics, ...Maybe you're not in a school run by lunatics, as so many in NYC are. Teachers, especially young ones, don't have options all too often.<br /><br />And you're not right about teaching to the test not boosting test scores. There's teaching for understanding on a general basis and teaching for understanding what's on the test. A big difference. <br /><br />When you say, "Instead, I make sure that I really push the students to understand and think critically about the material all year long. "<br /><br />What "material?"<br /><br />What is missing is not as much teaching for understanding as trying to get kids to love to read. Understanding can be guided once they are reading. But too much of school destroys that love.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-62762314714552936992010-04-06T22:20:28.012-04:002010-04-06T22:20:28.012-04:00I agree that standardized testing has had many uni...I agree that standardized testing has had many unintended consequences.<br /><br />But it seems that, all too frequently, the problem isn't the tests themselves, but rather teachers responding with panic rather than with good teaching.<br /><br />Drilling students with practice tests and with easy-to-remember catch phrases isn't what boosts test scores.<br /><br />Teaching for UNDERSTANDING boosts test scores. <br /><br />In my classroom, I refuse to engage in weeks of mind-numbing "test prep" like some of my peers do......but my students' scores have not suffered. Hmm.. <br /><br />Instead, I make sure that I really push the students to understand and think critically about the material all year long. <br /><br />What many teachers seem to miss is that the tests don't test at the "Recall" level....they test at higher levels of Bloom's (like "analysis" or comprehension")<br /><br />In my view, if you're really teaching effectively, you don't need to engage in nonsense drilling and "test prep"....just make sure you're teaching them at grade level and asking them to THINK.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com