Category: Student Feedback

  • The What Works Clearinghouse

    For the past 20 years, the Institute of Education Science (IES) has funded research on a variety of educational practices that are evidence-based; in the past decade, these practices have been published as guides. In this blog, we review Teaching Secondary Students to Write Effectively (https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/PracticeGuide/22). The two figures in this blog appear in this…

  • Feedback on Student Writing: The Proverbial Chicken

    Feedback on Student Writing: The Proverbial Chicken

    Needless to say, which came first is impossible to answer, so we’ll arbitrarily claim it was the chicken. Otherwise, how did the egg get laid? Of course, this begs the question on the arrival of the chicken, but we’ll leave that to the dinosaur experts. Given this chicken sitting in my classroom, let’s get started.…

  • Direct and Active Writing: Strength in Clarity

    Direct and Active Writing: Strength in Clarity

    Bronco Nagurski was a football and wrestling legend from International Falls, MN. In college he played for the University of Minnesota (1927-1929) and when he turned professional, played as a tackle on defense and as fullback on offense for the Chicago Bears (1930-1937). His strength was like no other players on the field. After he…