Cool Cat Teacher

AUGUST 28, 2023

Additionally, his free financial literacy course aligns with Jump$tart Coalition Standards for K-12 Personal Finance Education, National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, and State Academic Standards. This course is aligned with the Jump$start Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy National Standards.

Schooling 197

Schooling Economics Finance Academic Standards 197

User Generated Education

AUGUST 18, 2018

Academic standards used by almost all schools are based on the false and incorrect belief of the average student. This locked step is set by the ‘average’ pupil–an algebraic myth born of inanimate figures and an addled pedagogy. Grouping students by age or manufacturer date is a contrived sorting mechanism.

Academic Standards 114

Academic Standards Algebra Problem Solving Construction 114

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

APRIL 15, 2022

It leads to "grade inflation" It violates some kind of academic machismo code that views student assessment like competition in an arena. An advantage of this approach is that it introduces time for thought and practice students can't typically take an assessment and then turn around mere hours later and do a reassessment.

Academic Standards 52

Academic Standards Communications Calculus Algebra 52

Robert Talbert, Ph.D.

MAY 19, 2023

I have only used ungrading once, and I did it because I wanted my students (in an upper-level abstract algebra course primarily taken by pre-service math teachers) to stop focusing so much on points and grades and focus instead on the (difficult!) Why would an instructor use ungrading? I will speak for myself here.

Publication 73

Publication Communications Construction Academic Standards 73