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On Grades and Instructor Identity: How Formative Assessment Saved Me from a Midlife Crisis
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Karaali, Gizem – PRIMUS, 2018
In recent years, I have cultivated an almost pathological resistance to grading. Here I explore the reasons why and describe how I eventually recovered. In particular, I propose that although grading, or more explicitly, effective assessment of student learning, is a challenging component of a mathematics instructor's job description, reflective…
Descriptors: Mathematics Teachers, Professional Identity, Grades (Scholastic), Grading
Educators' Social and Emotional Skills Vital to Learning
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Jones, Stephanie M.; Bouffard, Suzanne M.; Weissbourd, Richard – Phi Delta Kappan, 2013
Teachers' social and emotional competencies are very important to their overall effectiveness, but such skills are frequently overlooked. Social and emotional competencies like managing emotions and stress are needed more today than ever before. More practices and policies to support and foster educators' social and emotional…
Descriptors: Self Control, Stress Variables, Teacher Effectiveness, Interpersonal Competence
On Being a Teacher: The Human Dimension. Second Edition.
Kottler, Jeffrey A.; Zehm, Stanley J. – 2000
This book provides teachers with resources necessary for providing caring and competent instruction and guidance to students of all ages, exploring human resources that teachers need to flourish in the classroom. Chapter 1, "On Being a Teacher," describes the essence of what makes teachers truly great. Chapter 2, "On Being a…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Helping Relationship, Interpersonal Communication