AN EXPERIMENT THAT I HAVE TRULY ENJOYED
Over the years on this teaching blog, I have talked many times about the importance of experimenting in order to improve as a classroom teacher. I often claim that my true motto is: EXPERIMENT EVALUATE EVOLVE Some experiments work in class while others fail miserably. You have to keep trying new strategies to see what you can learn. Today, I want to describe an experiment that took six months to complete. And, although I cannot prove it, I personally believe it was a wonderful and glorious success. I often say that great students simply know how to be great students. Other students find greatness mystifying. They seem clueless about the essential steps that would lead to their being better students. I have argued that the first class any student should be required to take in college should be �What It Takes to Become a Great Student and Why I Should S...