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ERIC Number: EJ609603
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Make Mine an A.
Benson, Shirley Hildebrand
Educational Leadership, v57 n5 p30-32 Feb 2000
A high-school English teacher explains how she transformed her listless, "drive-thru" classes into "partnership" classes with highly motivated students eager to demonstrate and evaluate their skills. Students could work at their own best pace so long as the work got done and had acceptable quality. (MLH)
Descriptors: English Teachers, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation, Grading, High Schools, Independent Study, Portfolio Assessment, Problem Solving, Rural Schools, Student Evaluation, Student Motivation, Teacher Response, Teacher Role, Teacher Student Relationship, Writing Instruction
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Coaching; North Carolina; Student Disengagement