Assessment FOR Learning

Worth reading:

Ways to Involve Students in the Formative Assessment Process

Inquiry Classrooms

Small strategic steps in shifting towards an inquiry-based classroom:

http://shar.es/WEHua

Core Principles of Finnish Education

1. Respect for the teaching profession.
2. All education is free to all.
3. Downplay educational competition.
4. Prevent students from failing.
5. Self-reliance.

Here’s an interesting TED Talk about Finnish education:

http://www.youtube.com/embed/g6scW2p90ps

Ambrose Bierce says…

Who never doubted, never half believed. Where doubt is, there truth is – it is her shadow.

Martha Beckman says…

Man blames fate for other accidents but feels personally responsible for a hole-in-one.