If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.
You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

Links of interest

This version was saved 10 years, 10 months ago View current version Page history

Saved by Ms. Wiggins
on May 29, 2013 at 11:00:02 am

1. Phillips Exeter Academy's Math Department Web site, with links to problem sets (Exeter uses only student-led discussion, group work, and designed problem sets to teach math grades 9 - 12):

http://www.exeter.edu/academics/72_6539.aspx

2. Carl Wieman Science Education Initiative at the University of British Columbia. Research page with several studies related to peer discussion in science courses:

http://www.cwsei.ubc.ca/SEI_research/index.html

3. Footage of a grade 9 English classroom that uses SPIDER Web Discussion method (called "Harkness" in the video):

http://www.authenticeducation.org/alexis/

4. Common Core ELA Standards: http://www.corestandards.org/ELA-Literacy.

5. Junior Great Books, a resource recommended to me by an elementary teacher that says the books are very well suited to SPIDER Web Discussion for the elementary classroom.

http://www.greatbooks.org/programs-for-all-ages/junior.html

6. AP Developments -- Changes in the AP courses for history, science, and languages which aim to place an emphasis on meaning-making and communication as opposed to the old days of content memorization.

http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/

7. IB Developments -- Recent changes in the IB at MYP level (and for the near future at DP level) which aim to place emphasis on skills over content.

http://www.ibo.org/announcements/mypthenextchapter.cfm