curriculum

A curriculum consists of a description of the material covered in a course of study and the manner in which it is organized.

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jce
text: What is Gamification?
What is Gamification in Education?
// Saturday, February 15, 2020 • Josh Kenney
In 2018 the video game industry grossed 131 billion dollars, and there’s no sign of it slowing down with 2025 projected to bring in $300 billion.1 World of Warcraft, released in 2004, continues to be one of the most popular and addictive video games.
can of popsicle sticks hanging on classroom doorknob
Making Students Live in Their Discomfort
// Wednesday, February 12, 2020 • Ariel Serkin
My school just started second semester on February 3 and I needed to shake things up. My students didn’t like the new vocational classes they had been assigned, everyone was still stressed about grades from the previous term, and some students still needed to make up midyear exams. This malaise was not new.
Ungrading: What is it and why should we use it?
// Tuesday, January 14, 2020 • Clarissa Sorensen-Unruh
• Grades are not good incentive or effective feedback • Grades are not good markers of learning • Grades encourage competitiveness over collaboration • Grades pit students and teachers against each other • Grades are mechanisms of institutional control • Grades aren’t fair
Student conference with Signature Sheet and highlighted feedback on the activity.
Sustainable Grading Practices
// Monday, December 16, 2019 • Melissa Hemling
There are many things I love about teaching. I love helping students grow in their understanding of science and have “aha” moments.  I love helping students find their passion and I love it when my students make me laugh. One thing I don’t love? Grading. It piles up and takes away my time with my family.
The Alternative Circular Periodic Table
NGSS Periodicity Lesson
// Tuesday, December 10, 2019 • Kristen Drury
The periodic table that most of us use in our classrooms was originally developed by Dmitri Mendeleev, but thousands of alternate versions of the table have been devised over time. In this lesson, students are offered a variety of alternative versions of the periodic table.
geometric structure
  Why is Chemistry so Difficult?
// Sunday, December 8, 2019 • Stephanie O'Brien
One reason so many students find chemistry difficult is the abstract nature of the concepts (Yakmaci-Guzel, 2013).
Text: Flipped Classroo Framework Class Activities
Flipped Classroom: A Framework for In-Class Activities
// Friday, October 11, 2019 • Josh Kenney
The flipped-classroom approach to education is undoubtedly popular, with consistent growth in the number of related books, conference sessions, and educator network memberships.1 Although challenges with the approach are reported, the advantages are far more widely claimed.
September 2019 Cover JChemEd
Especially JCE: September 2019
// Thursday, September 19, 2019 • Erica K. Jacobsen
My grandma's rural church cookbook A Century of Family Favorites 1879-1979 is still our family's go-to baking resource. We return to certain recipes over and over (snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, among others), but I also enjoy browsing to consider the possibilities.
text: flipped classroom check for understanding not note taking
Flipped Classroom: Check For Understanding, Not For Notetaking
// Tuesday, September 17, 2019 • Josh Kenney
Flipped and blended classrooms blend technology-based content delivery with classroom-based activities and assignments.1 However, classroom activities are only beneficial if students commit to regularly watching lectures outside of school.
desktop computer monitor with AP website on screen
AP Classroom: Leveraging the PPCs
// Saturday, September 7, 2019 • Melissa Hemling
It is back-to-school time! I started school on September 3rd so I am just getting back into my school “groove.”  On August 1st, College Board released its new AP Classroom platform (see figure 1).