Ben Jones

Educational researcher and professional developer focused on cognitive rigor, formative data, and creating effective learning environments.

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@trevorabryan @jwalkup @conniehamilton I took the liberty of reworking it a bit to include more discrete language and scaling socialization

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@trevorabryan might I suggest decoupling unpredictable and surprising. Once people experience an unpredictable item, it often seems logical

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@trevorabryan yes, I have a few comments related to the rubric.

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They were looking to establish potential relationships between contributing factors and value added outcomes

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@agileschools that's an overly simplistic summary of the paper.

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@agileschools @jwalkup occasionally yes.

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@conniehamilton building lessons that encourage students to think in multiple ways is the core of rigor. Nice.

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@conniehamilton thank you. People miss this distinction constantly

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@dougeb00 good. Assessment shouldn't ever dictate instructional strategies, simply define outcome expectations

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@dougeb00 true. But that doesn't dictate the how, only the what. Creativity is in the how.

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@jahillteach @jwalkup @wfryer @BrettDOkc @angmlittle Therein lies the real problem, a disconnect between teaching and learner outcomes

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@dougeb00 Curious, how is instructional creativity killed by a post instructional event?

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Assessment shouldn't be tied to fear and lothing but be innocuous and productive #oklaed

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http://t.co/RT3KsayZJL The word “game” represents a huge category of activities ranging from a few seconds of causal diversion to serious...

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http://t.co/hjbsmGvn The Cognitive Rigor Matrix represents more than placing Blooms items alongside depth of knowledge items for...

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http://t.co/zTZXtHBd Teaching students how to select the best response differs vastly from teaching students how to develop an...

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http://t.co/QAYdIJMw I don't believe that testing stops reform efforts. Reform requires systemic change; unfortunately for reformists,...

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http://t.co/1YZcIzR0 [http://blog.zulama.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Lawrentian+Fall+Mag+2-21.pdf|leo://plh/http%3A*3*3blog%2Ezulama%...