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| | This chapter will explore considerations for the adoption of grading contracts with the possible addition of the mechanics of game design, game-based learning, or gamification. The motivation for this approach is to ensure equity and inclusion in the classroom by creating a compassionate environment to enhance student engagement and learning. When introduced in the appropriate way, teachers can track students' progress without the imposition of the added stress and fear that conventional assessment practices engender. Sometimes referred as "ungrading," the adoption of these strategies prioritizes the progress of each individual student and re-envisions learning as a series of achievements that students complete and level-up to take on a series of successive ...
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| | A very common justification for removing content from teaching is in order to encourage students to think. This results in the teaching of a non-subject which is given a title such as "thinking skills" or "critical thinking". Oakeshott(1975) commented on this idea: [Liberal learning] has come to be thought of as a general education; that...
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| | Restrictions on physical gathering due to COVID-19 has compelled higher education institutions to rapidly embrace digital technologies to support teaching and learning. While logistically, the use of digital technologies offers an obvious solution, attention must be given to these methods' pedagogical appropriateness, mainly how students engage and learn in the spaces supported by these technologies. In this context, we explored the degree to which digital technologies have contributed to teaching and learning practices over the past decade. The study employed a systematic review using a newly developed tripartite model for conducting and presenting literature review reports. The model approaches the literature review process systematically and employs three...
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| Behind the Mathematician is a series designedto see what the best maths teachers do, why they do it, how they got there, and hopefully along the way help inspire the rest of us to move to the next level. The second in this series is all about Jo Morgan, aka the creator and curator of...