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21 Aug 15Janice Medina
Wiggins
... right now and change a minimum of ten things – the layout, the lesson plan, the checks for understanding. Most of it! -
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15 May 15Milos Bajcetic
"Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Her report is in following post, which appeared on the blog of Grant Wiggins, the co-author of “Understanding by Design” and the author of “Educative Assessment” and numerous articles on education. A high school teacher for 14 years, he is now the president of Authentic Education, in Hopewell, New Jersey, which provides professional development and other services to schools aimed at improving student learning. You can read more about him and his work at the AE site.
Wiggins initially posted the piece without revealing the author. But the post became popular on his blog and he decided to write a followup piece revealing that the author was his daughter, Alexis Wiggins, a 15-year teaching veteran now working in a private American International School overseas. Wiggins noted in his follow-up that his daughter’s experiences mirrored his own and aligned well with the the responses on surveys that his organization gives to students." -
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21 Apr 15mrlloyd025
"It was so eye-opening that I wish I could go back to every class of students I ever had right now and change a minimum of ten things – the layout, the lesson plan, the checks for understanding. Most of it!"
first year! lesson planning teaching tool student engagement
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09 Mar 15kpeterson20
A teacher spends the day as a student and is amazed at what she learns about a day in the life of a student.
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25 Feb 15Jon Nicholls
Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/0dLMxF9u5N #sd36lead #psd70
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07 Feb 15Lisa Noble
Interesting read A teacher’s thoughts after being a high school student for a couple of days http://t.co/napZUamNwN #sd36learn
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slryan
AWESOME article. 'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. ' Teacher shadows students. A day in the life.... Changes to be made. Scheduling. Activities.
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30 Jan 15Stephanie Z
Reminder of what students really experience.
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16 Jan 15Shellie Dean
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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09 Jan 15Tara Helkowski
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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Brandy Panagos
READ THIS!! Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/s57BzX46zG
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08 Jan 15Tom Perran
RT @coolcatteacher: READ THIS!! Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/c9mS5QqJHG #edchat
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05 Dec 14Paul Jaeger
“High school students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90 percent of their classes.” http://t.co/CsAwsmmKIP
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30 Nov 14
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Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting.
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Ask every class to start with students’ Essential Questions or just general questions born of confusion from the previous night’s reading or the previous class’s discussion. I would ask them to come in to class and write them all on the board, and then, as a group, ask them to choose which one we start with and which ones need to be addressed. This is my biggest regret right now – not starting every class this way. I am imagining all the misunderstandings, the engagement, the enthusiasm, the collaborative skills, and the autonomy we missed out on because I didn’t begin every class with fifteen or twenty minutes of this.
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my hope is that more teachers who are able will try this shadowing and share their findings with each other and their administrations. This could lead to better “backwards design” from the student experience so tha
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I could not believe how tired I was after the first day.
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It was not just the sitting that was draining but that so much of the day was spent absorbing information but not often grappling with it.
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I lost count of how many times we were told be quiet and pay attention.
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not stop yawning
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desperate to move or stretch
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watched TV
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students rarely spoke
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It was not just the sitting that was draining but that so much of the day was spent absorbing information but not often grappling with it.
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told be quiet and pay attention
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Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting.
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By the end of the day, I could not stop yawning and I was desperate to move or stretch.
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put a Nerf basketball hoop on the back of my door and encourage kids to play in the first and final minutes of class
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It was not just the sitting that was draining but that so much of the day was spent absorbing information but not often grappling with it
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I asked my tenth-grade host, Cindy, if she felt like she made important contributions to class or if, when she was absent, the class missed out on the benefit of her knowledge or contributions, and she laughed and said no.
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Wiggins noted in his follow-up that his daughter’s experiences mirrored his own and aligned well with the the responses on surveys that his organization gives to students.
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I ever had right now and change a minimum of ten things – the layout, the lesson plan, the checks for understanding. Most of it!
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If there was a Chemistry lab, I did it with my host student. If there was a test, I took it (I passed the Spanish one, but I am certain I failed the business one).
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But students move almost never. And never is exhausting. In every class for four long blocks, the expectation was for us to come in, take our seats, and sit down for the duration of the time. By the end of the day, I could not stop yawning and I was desperate to move or stretch.
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I was drained, and not in a good, long, productive-day kind of way. No, it was that icky, lethargic tired feeling.
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I had planned to go back to my office and jot down some initial notes on the day, but I was so drained I couldn’t do anything that involved mental effort (so instead I watched TV) and I was in bed by 8:30.
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In eight periods of high school classes, my host students rarely spoke. Sometimes it was because the teacher was lecturing; sometimes it was because another student was presenting; sometimes it was because another student was called to the board to solve a difficult equation; and sometimes it was because the period was spent taking a test.
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I was struck by this takeaway in particular because it made me realize how little autonomy students have, how little of their learning they are directing or choosing.
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the layout, the lesson plan, the checks for understanding
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Geometry
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Lunch
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World History
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Lunch
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English
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Business
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Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting
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I literally sat down the entire day, except for walking to and from classes
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expectation was for us to come in, take our seats, and sit down for the duration of the time. By the end of the day, I could not stop yawning and I was desperate to move or stretch
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If I could go back and change my classes now, I would immediately change the following three things:
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mandatory stretch halfway through the class
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build in a hands-on, move-around activity into every single class day
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High school students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90 percent of their classes
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teacher was lecturing; sometimes it was because another student was presenting; sometimes it was because another student was called to the board to solve a difficult equation; and sometimes it was because the period was spent taking a test
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absorbing information but not often grappling with it
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mini-lessons with engaging, assessment-for-learning-type activities following directly on their heels
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small-group work
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You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long.
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Dig deep into my personal experience
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“no sarcasm”
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I have a lot more respect and empathy for students after just one day of being one again.
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Do teachers really know what students go through?
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literally sat down the entire day, except for walking to and from classes.
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Do teachers really know what students go through?
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But students move almost never. And never is exhausting.
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because it took a lot of conscious effort for me not to get up and start doing jumping jacks in the middle of Science just to keep my mind and body from slipping into oblivion after so many hours of sitting passively.
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mandatory stretch halfway through the class
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put a Nerf basketball hoop on the back of my door and encourage kids to play in the first and final minutes of class
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build in a hands-on, move-around activity into every single class day. Yes, we would sacrifice some content to do this – that’s fine. I was so tired by the end of the day, I wasn’t absorbing most of the content, so I am not sure my previous method of making kids sit through hour-long, sit-down discussions of the texts was all that effective.
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It was not just the sitting that was draining but that so much of the day was spent absorbing information but not often grappling with it.
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When the timer goes off, I am done. End of story.
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Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting.
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put a Nerf basketball hoop on the back of my door and encourage kids to play in the first and final minutes of class
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High school students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90 percent of their classes.
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felt like she made important contributions to class or if, when she was absent, the class missed out on the benefit of her knowledge or contributions, and she laughed and said no.
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You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long.
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Jersey, which provides professio
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Students sit all day, and sitting is exhausting.
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But students move almost never
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desperate to move or stretch
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yawning
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drained, and not in a good, long, productive-day kind of way
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icky, lethargic tired feeling.
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- mandatory stretch halfway through the class
- put a Nerf basketball hoop on the back of my door and encourage kids to play in the first and final minutes of class
- build in a hands-on, move-around activity into every single class day. Yes, we would sacrifice some content to do this – that’s fine. I was so tired by the end of the day, I wasn’t absorbing most of the content, so I am not sure my previous method of making kids sit through hour-long, sit-down discussions of the texts was all that effective.
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High school students are sitting passively and listening during approximately 90 percent of their classes.
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You feel a little bit like a nuisance all day long.
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I lost count of how many times we were told be quiet and pay attention
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In addition, there was a good deal of sarcasm and snark directed at students and I recognized, uncomfortably, how much I myself have engaged in this kind of communication
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Dig deep into my personal experience
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I would make my personal goal of “no sarcasm”
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I would structure every test or formal activity like the IB exams
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Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder.
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eacher followed two students fo
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This is the first year I am working in a school but not teaching my own classes; I am the High School Learning Coach, a new position for the school this year. My job is to work with teachers and administrators to improve student learning outcomes.
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I could not believe how tired I was after the first day. I literally sat down the entire day, except for walking to and from classes.
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I was drained, and not in a good, long, productive-day kind of way. No, it was that icky, lethargic tired feeling. I had planned to go back to my office and jot down some initial notes on the day, but I was so drained I couldn’t do anything that involved mental effort (so instead I watched TV) and I was in bed by 8:30.
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It was not just the sitting that was draining but that so much of the day was spent absorbing information but not often grappling with it.
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Control is easier when they are allowed to run, play, be creative because we ARE humans and not robots!
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My guess is the teachers were thrilled when they saw your email because really, what teacher wouldn't be want to be told for the three thousandth time what they're doing wrong?
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Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what little she knows about education"
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14 Nov 14
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mandatory stretch halfway through the class
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build in a hands-on, move-around activity into every single class day.
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Offer brief, blitzkrieg-like mini-lessons with engaging, assessment-for-learning-type activities following directly on their heels
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Ask every class to start with students’ Essential Questions or just general questions born of confusion from the previous night’s reading or the previous class’s discussion. I would ask them to come in to class and write them all on the board, and then, as a group, ask them to choose which one we start with and which ones need to be addressed.
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make my personal goal of “no sarcasm” public
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04 Nov 14robertsjt
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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03 Nov 14Amanda Schueller
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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Judy Arzt
Teacher spends 2 days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/tDtExBYpyD A must-read for all #teachers #edchat
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mitcholson
Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. Her report is in…
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02 Nov 14
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Offer brief, blitzkrieg-like mini-lessons with engaging, assessment-for-learning-type activities following directly on their heels (e.g. a ten-minute lecture on Whitman’s life and poetry, followed by small-group work in which teams scour new poems of his for the very themes and notions expressed in the lecture, and then share out or perform some of them to the whole group while everyone takes notes on the findings.)
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01 Nov 14agus sampurno
“@GrahamBM: Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/4trYBarMTV”
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Oliver Quinlan
RT @GrahamBM: Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/VQ6Xsy4kwB
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31 Oct 14
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Iona Campbell
Do teachers really know what students go through? To find out, one teacher followed two students for two days and was amazed at what she found. via Pocket
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soxner
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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Mary Burke
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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30 Oct 14
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29 Oct 14Joshua Watne
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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Zhi Min Choo
Teacher spends two days as a student and is shocked at what she learns http://t.co/CjGjczh9Ie
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Alejandro Vázquez Larruscain
Interesante lectura sobre dinámicas de aula para debatir entre profesores y alumnos y reflexionar sobre estrategias de aprendizaje, nivel intermedio-alto de inglés
educación inglés comprensión*lectora* nivel*intermedio-alto*
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Maja Anderson
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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Kristina (Kris) Peachey (AAS/NZAS)
Here's the article that was referred to in one of our meetings. Interestingly (at least to me) the writer (Alexis) was in one of the groups I coached online.
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James Norwood
Teacher spent 2 days as student -shocked at what learned @alexiswiggins @valeriestrauss http://t.co/Km6rq7Dglw #edchat
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Molly Garand
'Teachers work hard, but I now think that conscientious students work harder. '
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