Evidence Based Kate
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MrMayhemGM :
Gamification does work. Blooket and such is not gamification. It’s barely a game, it’s just competition.
2026-04-12 12:10:28
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Claire 🖤 :
I don’t assign reading logs as an ELA teacher but we need to banish this notion that all reading should be something you’re “in love” with. No. Sometimes we read to learn and it is, in fact, a skill and a chore.
2026-04-11 19:49:10
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Cαrσlιηε :
I will die on the hill that (in math) kids need to show work. I cannot understand where errors occur unless thinking is shown. Additionally, the math you’re learning in 7th and 8th grade are the last 3-5 lines of problems that might take two pages to solve later on. An over reliance on doing in their head leads to lots of errors. There are steps that need to be learned. Mind you, as I teach I’m showing my work and hitting the “why” every blessed time.
2026-04-11 18:25:11
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mima__0.0__ :
Memorizing procedures and showing your work are not the same thing.
2026-04-11 13:57:11
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somethingdifferent :
I am curious about "showing your work". are you meaning when students are required to use specific methods? or showing their thinking? I teach 5th grade math. I tell my students that I don't care what method they use (most of the time, there are occasional exceptions), as long as they show how they got to their answer. I can't help with misconceptions if I can't see where their mistake was. 🤷🏼♀️
2026-04-11 12:46:14
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Kelsy Schneiter :
Kindergarten teacher here. We say we’re using research based practices, but the best schools in the world don’t start explicitly teaching reading until like age 7. Kindergarten should be play based and a space for learning social skills and hone motor skills. We’re pushing too much, too soon.
2026-04-11 19:42:37
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Apple User789823 :
Then what does work? Everyone is good at communicating what’s wrong but no one ever shows what works. If teaching procedures doesn’t work then why does? Conceptual learning in math hasn’t led to the strongest results. I’m all for fixing our mistakes but everyone with the answers wants to gate keep it behind a paywall.
2026-04-11 23:30:15
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Nancy Kjenstad :
AR is not gamified. It’s just boring quizzes lol
2026-04-11 21:14:43
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savannahmiller1282 :
As a parent I have a love/hate thought about the reading log. In 1st grade it was a log for the month with a goal of so many minutes. Meaning we could read when we felt like it and still probably hit the goal. But now in 2nd grade it’s a weekly log with an expectation that you read 20 minutes each night and none in the weekends. And I’m sorry but it’s just so forced. It’s a chore. Honestly I’ll have her read some on the weekends the throw those titles on the log through the week. It’s a lie but I can live with it.
2026-04-11 12:38:30
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Robert Louis :
You had me until “Showing Your Work.” Not “Showing your work” does not exactly lead to systemic successes and mastery either. 😬
2026-04-11 14:27:21
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Dodobird :
Memorizing the procedure and showing your work are two TOTALLY different things!
2026-04-11 16:09:47
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FrogMike :
26-yr math teacher here. I agree with your overall point about math, but I wouldn't characterize it as a problem with requiring "showing your work." Students definitely should have a conceptual understanding, but requiring communication of their process is valuable.
2026-04-11 16:28:53
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marlaburger173 :
And showing your work in math is critical to initial understanding and my ability to understand where you are making mistakes.
2026-04-12 04:41:17
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Chris Sweitzer :
Showing your work isn’t about doing the same steps every time (standard algorithm). When students show how they found an answer using whatever strategy works best for them (since we teach many different strategies) gives them a way to debug their work and allows teachers to see where there may be a breakdown in understanding.
2026-04-14 00:56:40
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John Crosse :
Also, learning procedures first, then learning the why after it is actually how learning takes place,and is the more research-based way to teach math
2026-04-11 13:30:50
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lgraf11235 :
I use games only for review. The only one that might apply to my classroom is I do heavily teach procedures for how to use equipment like microscopes because most kids won’t be successful without that procedure
2026-04-11 13:02:48
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jojo65 :
Showing work in math is required in my class, for many reasons, including that without it, a wrong answer gets 0 points vs being able to give them partial credit. It’s also standard practice in math.
2026-04-12 05:06:48
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Old Hag Hiking :
If you don't require students to show their work or explain their thought processes, many (dare I say most) assignments will just be AI answers. Yes, quality assessments should be more AI proof, but kids need practice prior to bigger assessments.
2026-04-11 14:27:20
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sunshine.daisies19 :
I'm 3rd grade and I use show your work. The kids will copy someone else's work and not even attempt to think it through at all. When they get to the test they are frustrated because they don't understand and fail the test. I need, and they need, to know that they understand what they are doing. I don't really care what method they use, and they know it. There's a lot of new things that they are learning. Once they have shown that they understand what they are doing and why, we're good
2026-04-11 13:16:27
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ScottsTots :
Reading logs are so stupid.
2026-04-12 00:06:37
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SAETIA :
Do you have sources? Esp with the behaviour charts. Would love to bring this up during my next parent teacher because my son doesn’t respond well to it. Is it Alfie Kohn?
2026-05-14 17:37:20
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user5114817319036 :
Are you a teacher??
2026-04-13 13:19:57
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Abbey :
Interesting. I teach high school chemistry and don’t require a specific set of steps, but I do require work to be shown so I can provide feedback and understand the students’ thought process behind how they got to their answer. I like to think of myself as a conceptual chemistry teacher (there is NOTHING students are required to memorize in my class) and I feel permitting answers without work, justification, or reasoning would encourage memorization rather than development of a deep conceptual understanding.
2026-05-30 20:56:39
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Kris :
Everyday Math includes games, though when I was trained in it, it was paper based, not online & idk if that has changed. But
2026-04-13 16:43:00
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