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Sunday, February 6, 2011

Eight Look 4s When Observing a Classroom: What the Teacher Teaches - What the Students Learn - Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas

Eight Look 4s When Observing a Classroom: What the Teacher Teaches - What the Students Learn - Copy / Paste by Peter Pappas

Eight Look 4s When Observing a Classroom: What the Teacher Teaches - What the Students Learn

School deskI rarely quote at length from a blog or news article, but I think this time I'll break my rule. I first met Mel Riddile a few years ago when we co-presented at a conference. Since then we stay in touch via Twitter and by following each others' blogs. Mel blogs on policy and practice for NAASP at The Principal Difference and tweets at @PrincipalDiff.

His recent blog post "Tests: Will they improve learning?" is a thoughtful response to the recent Science Journal study that concluded that "practicing