Providing quality feedback, and setting aside time for students to read it, reflect on it, and revise with it pushes back against the desire to go fast instead of focusing on mastery. Doing this frequently and consistently also helps build a positive classroom culture; Students can tell the difference between a classroom where feedback is being used as a justification for the grade they received and a classroom where feedback is the pathway to both learning and the grades that reflect that learning.
Reassessment
Approaching AP World History
When I started teaching AP World in 2016 I relied heavily on tips and advice from my APSI as well as resources from other teachers kind enough to share them. I also borrowed a few structures that I had been successful with when teaching AP Econ. Over the years my approach has developed into several … Continue reading Approaching AP World History
Reassessment: Making it work for you and your students
We all have bad days, we all appreciate second chance. Although there were exceptions, I found in our small representation of international educators that people were philosophically supportive of reassessment but disagreed quite a bit about the logistics of how it should be done. Here is how I made it work.