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Direct linkSuskind, Dorothy C. – Phi Delta Kappan, 2015
The author, a 5th-grade teacher at an independent boys' school, gives a first-person account of how her constant assessments and requirement that her students be active participants in their own learning gainsays the need for high-stakes, standardized testing. She posits a "living assessment" that is intertwined, interactive and…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Active Learning, High Stakes Tests, Standardized Tests
Barnes, Peter – Teaching Pre K-8, 2005
In this paper, the author describes his experiences after relocating to a new school. He explains that starting at a new school is a different experience than being a first year teacher, and that becoming a part of the team is not a one-day process.
Descriptors: Grade 5, Teacher Attitudes, Middle School Teachers, Teaching Experience
MacLean, Carmie – Education Canada, 2002
An award-winning teacher shares her strategies for improving attendance, homework completion, and English proficiency in a fifth-grade class in Nunavut. She tailored the curriculum to her students' academic and cultural needs. Her students thrived on the security, success, and sense of caring that her regime of structure, discipline, and…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Attendance, Canada Natives, Educational Strategies
