Hacking Student Learning Habits with Elizabeth Jorgensen The Authority 14
Release Date: 11/17/2022
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info_outlineAward-winning writer, teacher, and sought-after speaker Elizabeth Jorgensen is this episode’s guest. She joins the show to discuss Hacking Student Learning Habits, her book on process-based assessment published by Times 10 Publications.
Ross and Elizabeth discuss:
- How to introduce small, measurable, progress-driven goals while de-emphasizing grades as the outcome
- A relevant story from James Clear’s Atomic Habits that illustrates key concepts about student learning
- The standards of evaluation for process-based assessment
- Helping students build daily habits that encourage progress, not perfection
- Why it would be counterproductive to accept late student work
- Transferring control to the student
- “Trust the process.”
Hacking Student Learning Habits: 9 Ways to Foster Resilient Learners and Assess the Process, Not the Outcome is available from Times 10 Publications. Get it HERE.
Visit Elizabeth’s website: https://lizjorgensen.weebly.com/
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About today’s guest
Elizabeth Jorgensen is an award-winning writer and teacher. In 2021, she was named one of 20 of America’s Most Inspiring Educators (The Henry Ford’s Innovation Nation Teacher Innovator Awards). She was also named a PBS Innovative Educator, among several other awards. Her memoir was released in 2019. Narrated in alternating voices, Go, Gwen, Go: A Family’s Journey to Olympic Gold (Meyer & Meyer Sport), is an inspiring story about Olympian Gwen Jorgensen and her family. Follow her on Twitter @LyzaJo
About the host
Ross Romano is a co-founder of the Be Podcast Network and CEO of September Strategies LLC, a consulting firm that helps organizations and high-performing leaders in the K-12 education industry communicate their vision and make strategic decisions that lead to long-term success. Connect on Twitter @RossBRomano