July 2025
“To be authentic, teacher encouragement needs to rest on a firm and absolute belief in students’ abilities to learn, figure things out, and develop into mature, autonomous learners. True, not all students can or do. Sometimes they fail and let us down. But that should not shake our faith in the ability of most students to learn well by and through these approaches. It is much easier to offer the kind of encouragement they need when you believe in them.”
Formative writing assessments, like writing-to-learn activities, provide instructors with valuable and ongoing insights into student learning. Often ungraded, these
Over 40 years of teaching, I’ve been to enough departmental grading norming sessions and scoring workshops to notice that not
Student feedback literacy—Is it meaningless academic jargon or destined to become a trendy handle? Neither is my hope for this
Magna Publications © 2025 All rights reserved
WELCOME OFFER
$19.00 $14.00/month
for your first 6 months. Use coupon code TP6MO.
$19.00 thereafter. Cancel anytime.
WELCOME OFFER
$19.00 $14.00/month
for your first 6 months. Use coupon code TP6MO.
$19.00 a month thereafter. Cancel anytime.
