Tue, Apr 16, 2013 4:51 PM in Retaking Tests
Wow this is a great thread. My school requires us to allow retakes. I'm not very fond of the idea, but after reading some of your thoughts, I think I have some ideas on how to implement this better next year. I love the idea of having students explain why they missed what they missed, and having to get approval to retake a test. I do agree that the purpose is for students to learn, so it shoul...
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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 4:21 PM in Make-up tests
At my school we are required to allow our students to retake any test they failed up to a passing (70) grade. So rather than have a bunch of students coming before and after school to make up or retake tests, we just build it in to the schedule. So typically one week after we take a test we will have a retake day. Any students who need to make up or want to retake the test can do so then. The ...
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Tue, Apr 16, 2013 3:24 PM in Evolution vs. Religion
Howard Hughes Medical Institute has an amazing website with bunches of resources for evolution. They have great videos and activities that can be used to help illustrate the various topics of evolution.
http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/ " target="_blank">www.hhmi.org/biointeractive
There's another great website done by Berkeley University of California. It's called Understanding Evolution ...
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