While reviewing vocabulary for the week, I asked, "What might be your rationale for getting up in the morning?" Two or three hands reluctantly went up. "Wait, that's a not a good question. What might be your rationale for staying up until midnight?" Every student's hand shot up. My students all knew what rationale meant, … Continue reading Asking Good Questions
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Pregurgitation
I am behind on grading (ugh!) and progress reports are due at the beginning of next week (double ugh!) I was feeling more overwhelmed than usual when I started grading some blog posts tonight. (The insidious thing about blog posts is that they can hide out ungraded on your computer.) Several weeks ago students wrote … Continue reading Pregurgitation
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