tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post6803523607253297493..comments2024-03-26T07:00:11.620-05:00Comments on Wisdom of the Hands: simple things can be a challengeDoug Stowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-6774136806822152322010-09-21T05:17:57.630-05:002010-09-21T05:17:57.630-05:00In a sense, any teacher is using Otto Salomon'...In a sense, any teacher is using Otto Salomon's principles. The trick, and it's a tough one, is to measure progress. You can no doubt see different levels of progress among your students at Clear Spring, and if standardized tests can get away with a 3 or 5 level measure, maybe you can too.<br /><br />MarioAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-37859815105029190022010-09-21T00:46:33.178-05:002010-09-21T00:46:33.178-05:00I would like to hear Robert's story as well. W...I would like to hear Robert's story as well. We might all learn from his experience.<br />Richrad B.Richard B.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-531913047974458302010-09-20T07:32:39.849-05:002010-09-20T07:32:39.849-05:00Larry, the Met Schools use exhibitions as a regula...Larry, the Met Schools use exhibitions as a regular form of assessment and demonstration of learning, and it is something that should be more widespread. <br /><br />The example you bring up is certainly a better model than students filling in squares on answer sheets that have little to do with real life.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-32660589915602416812010-09-19T23:16:48.134-05:002010-09-19T23:16:48.134-05:00Here's a form of assessment you might want to ...Here's a form of assessment you might want to ponder: the panel of expert judges used to rate performances in Olympic gymnastics, piano competitions, and Pulitzer prizes (to name a few). Panels of judges combine the holistic expertise of knowledgeable experts with a sort of quality control process. Ted Sizer in Horace's Compromise (or was it Horace's School?) proposed something he called "exhibitions" as a culminating high school exercise, wherein students present a complex, year-long piece of work to a panel of judges. Of course this begs the question of what is important to assess (and for what purposes), but I thought I'd toss up another example we can draw from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-16942780251699445132010-09-19T19:55:55.606-05:002010-09-19T19:55:55.606-05:00Robert, I would love to hear your observations. Fi...Robert, I would love to hear your observations. Fire away. You can use my email link at right.Doug Stowehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13003845322415622289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34011427.post-76113988662361137682010-09-19T19:34:55.308-05:002010-09-19T19:34:55.308-05:00As an educator or 43 plus years (and counting) I a...As an educator or 43 plus years (and counting) I am in interested in where you might be going with your "scale". By way of background, I taught hand tool woodworking for the most part for the first 30 years here in Fort Worth (Texas, y'all) and then the shops were ripped out and sold. I've taught computer applications ever since. It's been interesting...but of course not nearly as satisfying nor as useful to many of my students. Ideally, of course, a school district should offer both...but that's not going to happen. If you might be interested in the observations of someone who has actually taught in the sloyd tradition (so to speak) and now deals with what education has morphed into I would be happy to share my thoughts and experiences.<br /><br />robert.bell@fwisd.orgRobert Bellnoreply@blogger.com