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This ASCD Study Guide is designed to enhance your understanding and application of the ideas and strategies presented in Giving Students a Say: Smarter Assessment Practices to Empower and Engage, an ASCD book by Myron Dueck, published in January 2021.
You can use the study guide before or after you have read the book or as you finish each chapter. The study questions provided are not meant to cover all aspects of the book, but, rather, to address specific ideas that might warrant further reflection.
Most of the questions contained in this study guide are ones you can think about on your own, with a colleague, or in a study group with others who have read (or are reading) Giving Students a Say.
Remember to visit www.myrondueck.com to download figures and templates featured in the book, along with a few that didn't make it in!
Tom Brady, Jarvis Landry, and the challenge of relying on data to predict success—even for NFL athletes.
The study conducted at the Wediko Summer Program suggesting that student behavior is greatly affected by the context or situation as opposed to children's inherent traits.
The various iterations of the "marshmallow study" suggesting that students make rational decisions (even if they are negative or appear irrational) based on past interactions, their level of trust in adults, or their expectations of the environment.
Consider the following short questions and quotes as prompts for conversations at any level in your school or district.
Giving Students a Say: Smarter Assessment Practices to Empower and Engage was written by Myron Dueck. This 186-page, 7" x 10" book (Stock #119013; ISBN-13: 978-1-4166-2980-1) is available from ASCD. Copyright © 2021 by ASCD. To order a copy, call ASCD at 1-800-933-2723 (in Virginia 1-703-578-9600) and press 2 for the Service Center. Or buy the book from ASCD's Online Store.
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