Comments on: Bogus Bowl III http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/ Evidence-based teaching methods for helping students who are at risk for school failure or who have disabilities. Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:51:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: JohnL http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67993 JohnL Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:51:20 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67993 Frank, I like the idea of a poll or two about parents. Maybe one could have to do with parents' contributions to low performance and another with duties for helping their children. Frank, I like the idea of a poll or two about parents. Maybe one could have to do with parents’ contributions to low performance and another with duties for helping their children.

]]> By: Frank Gue http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67228 Frank Gue Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:42:35 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67228 "Where are the parents in all this?" an indignant principal demanded when I complained that her students didn't use good grammar. And so: What are the most bogus roles for parents of school children? 1. Teach the children grammar. 2. Help the children with grammar/arithmetic/whatever 3. Build show-and-tell volcanoes for them 4. Explain whatever the teacher has failed to explain about whatever subject. 5. Supply money for field trips “Where are the parents in all this?” an indignant principal demanded when I complained that her students didn’t use good grammar. And so: What are the most bogus roles for parents of school children?

1. Teach the children grammar.
2. Help the children with grammar/arithmetic/whatever
3. Build show-and-tell volcanoes for them
4. Explain whatever the teacher has failed to explain about whatever subject.
5. Supply money for field trips

]]> By: Malkin http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67221 Malkin Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:22:05 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67221 I didn't vote, because I think there is an even more disingenuous argument against testing out there, to wit: testing will cause teachers to teach to the test, and perhaps even cheat on the tests. My vote goes to this argument because it is so cynical. I didn’t vote, because I think there is an even more disingenuous argument against testing out there, to wit: testing will cause teachers to teach to the test, and perhaps even cheat on the tests. My vote goes to this argument because it is so cynical.

]]> By: paulmo http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67210 paulmo Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:23:35 +0000 http://TeachEffectively.com/2008/04/06/bogus-bowl-iii/#comment-67210 The notion that testing formally disrupts instruction is strikingly marked for equating all test forms as one and casting instruction or testing as an either/or decision (it is possible that the 'test' be made instructive). A logical comparison by counter-example in medicine might be the assertion that one opposes medical examinations for interrupting healthy living. The notion that testing formally disrupts instruction is strikingly marked for equating all test forms as one and casting instruction or testing as an either/or decision (it is possible that the ‘test’ be made instructive). A logical comparison by counter-example in medicine might be the assertion that one opposes medical examinations for interrupting healthy living.

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