tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557333486655396313Wed, 25 Sep 2024 03:33:44 +0000assessment"curmudgeonly coach""flaky flowerchild"gradingjusticemasteryantithesiscompassionhegellearninglooselukewarmnessmastery learningmethodsreformstrictsynthesisthesistraditionaltruthzealAn intrepid high school Mathematics and Language Arts teacher explores the struggles and triumphs of being a mastery teacher in a point-accumulation paradigm.http://themasteryteacher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Arthur Chiaravalli)Blogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557333486655396313.post-8108701019532330730Tue, 20 Dec 2011 22:51:00 +00002011-12-20T17:53:23.960-05:00I love this video (from New Zealand's Instant Kiwi Lotto) for its exposure of the time paradigm and its place in grades. Note that the student had actually already finished his work, thereby satisfying the arbitrary time limit set for this exam.  Students miss deadlines for a variety of reasons, from procrastination to instability in their home lives to slowness in learning the material. http://themasteryteacher.blogspot.com/2011/12/do-you-know-who-i-am-exposure-of-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Arthur Chiaravalli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557333486655396313.post-5092890825942097740Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:37:00 +00002008-03-21T09:54:17.548-04:00"curmudgeonly coach""flaky flowerchild"antithesiscompassionhegellukewarmnessreformsynthesisthesiszealUsually in a call for reform, the innovator has little concern for individuals. And were it not for today's heavily unionized teaching profession, the innovator would throw certain individuals off the bus--those individuals ill-suited to the desired change. To the extent that it's possible, this approach has ethical merit, especially in cases of extreme teacher incompetency or malpractice.Our http://themasteryteacher.blogspot.com/2008/03/flaky-flowerchild-and-curmudgeonly_20.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Arthur Chiaravalli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557333486655396313.post-7711156237816429915Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:51:00 +00002008-03-21T10:12:52.474-04:00"curmudgeonly coach""flaky flowerchild"assessmentgradingjusticemastery learningtruthIn this post, I introduce two foes of mastery learning: The Flaky Flowerchild and The Curmudgeonly Coach.The Flaky Flowerchild is the ostensibly compassionate teacher who creates "loopholes" for kids, who tries "humanize" the rigid strictures of the institution, in part, through her grading. If pressed to create learning objectives for her classes, a lot of them would begin "The student will http://themasteryteacher.blogspot.com/2008/03/flaky-flowerchild-and-curmudgeonly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Arthur Chiaravalli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557333486655396313.post-1551568277273791921Tue, 18 Mar 2008 20:15:00 +00002008-03-21T10:25:42.376-04:00assessmentjusticeloosemasterymethodsstricttraditionalCentral to all assessment, grading, and reporting is an idea of justice, that is, rendering to each person his or her due. Another definition of justice, from The American Heritage College Dictionary, is "conformity to truth, fact, or sound reason." With mastery learning, we are interested in the truth about a student's mastery of whatever learning objectives are associated with a certain course http://themasteryteacher.blogspot.com/2008/03/closing-loopholes-and-setting-captives.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Arthur Chiaravalli)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4557333486655396313.post-2359424321734555597Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:55:00 +00002008-03-21T10:36:54.523-04:00assessmentgradinglearningmasteryMy name is Arthur Chiaravalli, a English and Mathematics teacher at Meridian High School in Haslett, Michigan (east of the capital city, Lansing).Our school is an alternative high school, serving students who have struggled in the mainstream. We also feature fully-staffed and accredited infant and childcare. As a result, we attract many teen parents from Lansing and the surrounding areas who http://themasteryteacher.blogspot.com/2008/03/whats-my-name.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Arthur Chiaravalli)0