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Embedded Formative Assessment by Dylan William has a number of great resources and ideas for any teachers- from new to veteran- that can easily come into play in their classroom. William is focused on how to improve the classroom for our students, and how to make teachers more effective through different forms of formative assessment. Chapter 1 discusses the importance of academic achievement, and some of the factors that come into play for student achievement. Many schools are underfunded, which can lead to a lack of resources for students. However, one of the most important resources that every school has is teachers. William proposes that firing or re-locating ineffective teachers is not the solution: rather, we should be assisting our current teachers and teaching them on how to be better educators. His major solution? Embedded formative assessment! To follow this, Chapter 2 discusses the definition of embedded formative assessment, and why it is so beneficial to our students a...

Stanford History Education Group "SHEG" What is the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG)? The Stanford History Education Group (or, SHEG) is a website run and contributed to by Stanford staff, students, faculty, and visiting scholars. SHEG provides a number of resources for teachers, including pre-made lessons and pre-made assessments (with rubrics!). What Is It Good For?  SHEG is best used for their pre-made lessons, which include historical subjects as well as civic subjects. Each lesson plan introduces the topic effectively, outlines some things to discuss, and provides worksheets. They are somewhat bare bones at times, allowing the teacher plenty of room to expand and change around what they need. What Would A Typical Class Using 'SHEG' Look Like? This would be a great resource at a time when you are unsure/unable to plan your own in depth lesson in order to get a great foundation for a subject/concept you are teaching. You are given bas...