The Learning Hub Blog

In the previous post, we explored why Chunk–Process–Record (CPR) is essential for keeping cognitive engagement alive and for building the knowledge students need before meaningful discovery can occur....

Last week’s theory blog focused on a critical shift: learning is not strengthened by clarity alone, but by what learners are required to generate from memory. Students can watch, listen, and nod along...

Teachers and students often interpret their struggle with content as a sign that something isn’t working. Maybe the directions weren’t clear enough, the task was too complex, or the scaffolds were ins...

Teachers often equate a quiet, compliant, and industrious classroom with learning. Students appear attentive, complete their work, and respond when called on. These contribute to a well-managed classr...

Let’s say the quiet part out loud: a proficiency scale isn’t just a scoring tool. It’s the blueprint for how we design instruction and assessments that let us certify learning at specific levels. When...

A proficiency scale is often wrongfully considered a tool to help change grading practices. This might be because they are often considered a necessity for implementing standards-based grading practic...

“Classroom assessment [is] anything a teacher does to gather information about a student’s knowledge or skill regarding a specific topic,” Marzano, R. (2010)

In competency-based education (CBE), asse...