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Feb 26
6 min

To scaffold or not to scaffold? The first big misconception about rigor.

[Originally published by Renaissance Learning] Think back to the last really rigorous and complex task that you worked on. Did you...

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A Roadmap for Student Self-Direction: Building Essential Skills for the Future

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Nov 25, 2020
2 min

A Roadmap for Student Self-Direction: Building Essential Skills for the Future

[Published November 2020 by Students at the Center] Research tells us and both employers and colleges confirm that communication,...

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3 Ingredients for Effective Distance Learning

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Oct 9, 2020
1 min

3 Ingredients for Effective Distance Learning

(Originally posted May 13, 2020) When our governor declared in March that learning would continue while schools are closed, he added that...

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Deepening Student Understanding with Collaborative Discourse

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Oct 9, 2020
1 min

Deepening Student Understanding with Collaborative Discourse

(Originally posted April 4, 2019.) Most educators can agree that asking students to engage deeply with the content they are learning is...

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Apr 13, 2014
2 min

College & Career Readiness

College and career readiness includes expectations that students demonstrate deep conceptual understanding through the application of...

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About the Learning Progressions Frameworks (LPFs)

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Apr 10, 2014
2 min

About the Learning Progressions Frameworks (LPFs)

Visit Focus Area In 2010, as the Common Core State Standards were simultaneously being developed, Dr. Karin Hess was charged to recruit...

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