November 2008
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November 2008 | Volume 66 | Number 3
Giving Students Ownership of Learning
Feature Articles
Perspectives / Learning: Whose Job Is It?
Marge Scherer
Listen online at http://shop.ascd.org/mp3/el_november2008.mp3
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Students at Bat
Thomas R. Guskey and Eric M. Anderman
Think back to the days of backyard baseball to reflect on how students learned responsibility.
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Footprints in the Digital Age
Will Richardson
New realities demand that we prepare students to be sophisticated owners of online spaces.
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Amplifying Student Voice
Dana L. Mitra
School improvement efforts get off the ground when students are invited to participate.
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The Goals of Differentiation
Carol Ann Tomlinson
Differentiation creates conditions for students to willingly take charge of their own learning.
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Releasing Responsibility
Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey
Key study skills that students need to learn independently.
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Springing into Active Learning
Allison Zmuda
Here's how to get students to move beyond lip-syncing someone else's words.
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Solving Behavior Problems Together
Caltha Crowe
Responsive Classroom strategies enlist students to overcome their own persistent behavior issues.
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What Students Want from Teachers
We ask some kids to comment: When did you feel in charge at school?
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More Student Responses: What Students Want from Teachers (online only)
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Formative Assessment That Empowers
Susan Brookhart, Connie Moss and Beverly Long
Formative assessment replaces judgmental assessment with information exchange and cooperation.
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Learning in Depth
Kieran Egan
What if every student was charged with becoming an expert on something?
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Working with Tech-Savvy Kids
Sylvia Martinez and Dennis Harper
Five models show how students can share their technology skills with adults.
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Dude, What Choice Do I Have?
Michael J. Vokoun and Terry Patrick Bigelow
Two teachers reflect on the benefits and pitfalls of giving students options.
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The Power of Audience
Steven Levy
Why are the kids working so hard? Because the audience is coming.
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Departments
All About Assessment / The Assessment-Savvy Student
W. James Popham
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The Principal Connection / Taking Hold of Learning
Joanne Rooney
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The Learning Leader / Leadership for Student Empowerment
Douglas B. Reeves
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What Research Says About … / Balancing the Concrete and the Abstract
Tracy Huebner
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Special Report / Unprepared for College
Deborah Perkins-Gough
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ASCD Community in Action
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Bits from the Blog
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Journal Staff
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Online Only
In Charge of Learning
Ronald J. Newell and Walter Enloe
In the EdVisions model, teachers build instruction around student-designed projects.
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The Architecture of Ownership
Adam Fletcher
From advocating for school improvement to researching classroom climate, students can assume many leadership roles at school.
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It's All About Relationships
Charles Leadbeater
Lessons from schools in the United Kingdom about how to strengthen students' relations with educators.
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EL Study Guide
Naomi Thiers
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