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A Cheater Learns a Lesson
Illustration for Cheating Français : Illustration d’une antisèche Español: Ilustración de una chuleta Deutsch: Illustration zum Schummeln (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The first time I failed at school I...
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Who’s Engaged Here?
When I help students see and articulate what they do know, they may notice areas where they have trouble. For example, someone may say, “I make most of my mistakes when the denominators are different,”...
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Matching Exercises: Off the Page
If you’re a kid who can’t sit still, you get into a lot of trouble in elementary school. Kids like that often drop out, or fail to graduate with the classes and grades required for further training. To...
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I Don’t Give Grades…
Early in the term, I hand back their first writing assignment. I’ve made comments on what is effective in their pieces. No one pays much attention to the comments. Instead, I hear a chorus of...
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Every Student Cares
Frank commented on my post “I don’t give grades” by saying “Agreed – spend more time helping students who care – and waste less time on students who don’t.” Frank’s comment doesn’t sit well with me. I...
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Reading from Life
“What reading materials are appropriate for adult literacy students?” Kat posted this question on my blog the other day, and went on to say, “I’m teaching my first teenage reading student now, and...
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Learning from Our Mistakes
Students learn from their mistakes, they say. I agree. They learn something. But often what they are learning is not what the teacher thinks she is teaching. M. Moriarty said it well in a comment on an...
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