tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post1708095967540020439..comments2024-03-19T00:04:13.541-04:00Comments on Successful Teaching: Take the Mystery Out of Learningloonyhikerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-24553315765301624452011-06-01T15:13:18.055-04:002011-06-01T15:13:18.055-04:00@Mar And sometimes even teachers are kept in the d...@Mar And sometimes even teachers are kept in the dark with all this testing. Too much focus is given to the testing component instead of the learning component. Thanks for reading and commenting!loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-47024334945525247552011-06-01T12:57:35.294-04:002011-06-01T12:57:35.294-04:00I think this is particularly true in our test rich...I think this is particularly true in our test rich environment. I could take it one step further and say sometimes we KEEP the mystery in learning by all the data gathering that accompanies testing and teaching. I watch teachers ask " What is this letter?" and if the child doesn't know, I would expect "That letter is __, what letter is it?" at the very least. My two cents Marnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-23751377142106320772011-05-24T10:05:24.164-04:002011-05-24T10:05:24.164-04:00@Sioux Good idea about the shawl. I do a monthly s...@Sioux Good idea about the shawl. I do a monthly shawl for our church group called Loving Threads (they go to nursing homes and hospice) so if I don't like it, they will get it.loonyhikerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05378360383088143368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5472287208924187505.post-37751205524416209502011-05-24T06:25:54.547-04:002011-05-24T06:25:54.547-04:00It's such a high when you see the lightbulb (o...It's such a high when you see the lightbulb (or floodlight, in some cases) go off in their brains when they make the connections, tying all the little bits that they've learned in order to complete the task.<br /><br />Good luck with the mystery knitting project. I could do that--I knit too--but the only "mystery" would be how fat or how long the scarf is, as that's all I Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com