Author: Jolene Zywica, PhD
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students REASON
In our last two posts we focused on strategies and activities to help students build skills as they Explore and Analyze. In this post we focus on a third category of skills, Reason, which includes the following Learning... Read More
Teacher Spotlight: Kyle Haselton
Last month I visited Quest Forward High School in Santa Rosa, CA and had the pleasure of meeting Kyle Haselton, a second year English teacher. Quest Forward High Schools use Opportunity Education’s Quest Forward Learning to empower... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students ANALYZE
In our last post we focused on strategies and activities to support students build skills as they Explore. Those Learning Skills include Establish Meaning, Ask Questions, and Investigate. In this post we focus on a second... Read More
Get to know the Learning Skills that help students EXPLORE
When you think of your time in school, as a student, what comes to mind? Is it what you learned? Or how you learned it and what you did? These days I can’t tell you the first thing about Calculus, or anything about Chemistry.... Read More
Three Ways To Start Making Skills The Focus
Over the last couple of months I posted about the skills every high school student needs and the value of making skills the focus in the classroom (skills don't have to be "extra"!). Now that you’re familiar with the skills we... Read More
Skills Don’t Have To Be “Extra”
Years ago I worked in a middle school in Chicago that had a really incredible media arts program. Professional filmmakers, roboticists, musicians, and game designers primarily ran the program through after school clubs, elective... Read More
The Skills High School Students Need
The skills students develop through Quest Forward Learning — learning skills, work skills, and essential habits — can benefit them for the rest of their lives.... Read More
The Secret of Effective Feedback
I stumbled upon an article today by Dylan Wiliam (2016) called “The Secret of Effective Feedback.” I’m familiar with Wiliam’s work from his seminal publication with Black in 1998, “Inside the Black Box: Raising Standards... Read More