I sometimes forget that material covered in my class is my passion and not my students. Therefore, when I assign readings in my content area (geography), it may be exciting to me, but to get students excited to read the assign passage may result in me pulling teeth. I do agree that students should be given choice, espcially in readings. However, I wonder how can a teacher give students an opportunity to learn and explore new areas of interest without assigned readings.
Furthermore, I do appreciate the information regarding review and test structure. I very rarely do review because it is pointless. If a kid can pass a test through review, how effective then are your lessons throughout the unit? I have decided to look at things differently when I do approach review as well as test structure. I do want kids to achieve higher-level thinking and will use some of the helpful hints when creating questions (mc versus short answer)
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