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Chapter 1 Introduction

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Chapter 2 The Skillful Teacher Framework

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Chapter 3 Essential Beliefs: Schooling

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Chapter 4 Essential Beliefs: Cultural Proficiency and Anti-Racism

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Chapter 5 Management: Attention

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The Case Crusaders Present "I Messages"

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Page: 48

Topic: I Messages (1 & 2), Signals, Private Desist, Gestures and Private Desist

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5 classroom management strategies to get student attention

Chapter: 5

Page: 48

Topic: I Messages (1 & 2), Signals, Private Desist, Gestures and Private Desist

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Communicate Learning with Silent Signals

Chapter: 5

Page: 48

Topic: I Messages (1 & 2), Signals, Private Desist, Gestures and Private Desist

Length: 1:51

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Get Their Attention Without Saying A Word

Chapter: 5

Page: 48

Topic: I Messages (1 & 2), Signals, Private Desist, Gestures and Private Desist

Length: 1:08

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Attention-Getting Signals: Mix It Up

Chapter: 5

Page: 48

Topic: I Messages (1 & 2), Signals, Private Desist, Gestures and Private Desist

Length: 1:19

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The Three B's: Managing Classroom Interruptions

Chapter: 5

Page: 48

Topic: I Messages (1 & 2), Signals, Private Desist, Gestures and Private Desist

Length: 1:15

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Card-O-Matic: Increasing Student Participation

Chapter: 5

Page: 51

Topic: Random Order

Length: 1:18

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Jon Saphier: Introduction to the Knowledge Base I: Repertoire and Matching

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Page: 56

Topic: Attention Continuum

Length: 9:31

Chapter 6: Management: Momentum

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Chapter 7: Management: Space

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Chapter 8: Management: Time

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Chapter 9: Management: Routines

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Chapter 10 Management: Discipline

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Chapter 11 Instruction: Clarity

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Framing the Learning: Itineraries and Big Ideas

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Page: 197

Topic: Framing the Learning-Itineraries and Big Ideas

Length: 10:59

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Observation Exercise: Seeing the Invisible (Think Aloud)

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Page: 204

Topic: Activators

Length: 6:56

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7 Hand Gestures You Should Be Using

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Page: 214

Topic: Gestures

Length: 6:59

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Modeling Thinking Aloud: Elementary

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Page: 216

Topic: Modeling Thinking Aloud: Elementary

Length: 20:18

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Modeling Thinking Aloud: High School

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Page: 217

Topic: Modeling Thinking Aloud: High School

Length: 32:21

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TED Global Population Growth, Box by Box

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Page: 219

Topic: Physical Models

Length: 10:04

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Explicitness: Saphier's Clarity Concepts

Chapter: 11

Page: 237

Topic: Explicitness

Length: 5:43

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Clarity: "The One Question Quiz":Checking For Understanding

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Page: 247

Topic: Checking for Understanding

Length: 7:20

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Growth Mindset: How to Normalize Mistake Making and Struggle in Class

Chapter: 11

Page: 256

Topic: Struggle-Normalizing Mistakes, MSTV Demo

Length: 6:25

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How to Use Accountable Talk

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Page: 258

Topic: Accountable Talk, MSTV in Small Groups, Classroom Climate

Length: 2:43

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Clarity: Making Student Thinking Visible in Small Groups

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Page: 258

Topic: Accountable Talk, MSTV in Small Groups, Classroom Climate

Length: 20:24

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Clarity: "The Repeating Decimal": Making Student Thinking Visible

Chapter: 11

Page: 258

Topic: Accountable Talk, MSTV in Small Groups, Classroom Climate

Length: 6:30

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Stimulating Effective Effort

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Page: 259

Topic: Allow Struggle

Length: 18:44

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Show Your Cards

Chapter: 11

Page: 252

Topic: Dipsticking 1 &2

Length: 5:03

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Improving Participation with Talk Moves

Chapter: 11

Page: 254

Topic: Making Thinking Visible-Explain Your Thinking 1 & 2

Length: 2:25

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Discover Number Patterns with Skip Counting

Chapter: 11

Page: 255

Topic: Agree / Disagree, Teachers Getting Students to Talk

Length: 7:12

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Lesson Reflection: Getting Students to Talk

Chapter: 11

Page: 255

Topic: Agree / Disagree, Teachers Getting Students to Talk

Length: 14:10

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Mathematical Knowledge for Teaching - Dr. Deborah Loewenberg Ball

Chapter: 11

Page: 256

Topic: Struggle-Normalizing Mistakes, MSTV Demo

Length: 68:10

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The Stoplight Method: An End of Lesson Assessment

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Page: 261

Topic: Summarizing-The Stoplight Method

Length: 0:53

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Assess and Plan with Exit Tickets

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Page: 262

Topic: Summarizing-Exit Tickets

Length: 2:17

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Chapter 12 Instruction: Principles of Learning

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Chapter 13 Instruction: Models of Teaching

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Chapter 14 Motivation: Expectations

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The Pygmalion Effect and the Power of Positive Expectations

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Page: 315, 333

Topic: Pygmalion in the Classroom, Praise the Process

Length: 5:51

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Three Expectation Messages "Hallway Conversations"

Chapter: 14

Page: 317

Topic: Hallway Conversations, Entering Class

Length: 3:27

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Classroom Management Strategies to Take Control of Noisy Students

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Page: 317

Topic: Hallway Conversations, Entering Class

Length: 10:32

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Classroom Management Strategies to Take Control of Noisy Students 2

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Page: 317

Topic: Hallway Conversations, Entering Class

Length: 12:18

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History of Intelligence 1: The Myth of the Bell Curve

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Page: 323

Topic: Debunking the Myth of the Bell Curve (1 & 2)

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History of Intelligence 2: The Myth of the Bell Curve

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Topic: Debunking the Myth of the Bell Curve (1 & 2)

Length: 17:27

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Attribution Theory v2

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Topic: Attribution Theory (1, 2 & 3)

Length: 19:25

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Attribution Theory and the Principle of Locus of Control

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Page: 327

Topic: Attribution Theory (1, 2 & 3)

Length: 7:39

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Weiner's Attribution Theory

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Page: 327

Topic: Attribution Theory (1, 2 & 3)

Length: 5:05

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Expectations: "Asa Saves the World"

Chapter: 14

Page: 331

Topic: You Can Do It

Length: 10:02

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The Power of Belief - Mindset and Success, Eduardo Briceno TEDxManhattanBeach

Chapter: 14

Page: 331

Topic: Growth Mindset Explained, Growth Mindset DoJo 1-5

Length: 10:51

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Your Brain is Like a Muscle - Chapter 1

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Page: 331

Topic: Growth Mindset Explained, Growth Mindset DoJo 1-5

Length: 2:38

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Your Brain is Like a Muscle - Chapter 2

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Page: 331

Topic: Growth Mindset Explained, Growth Mindset DoJo 1-5

Length: 2:57

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Your Brain is Like a Muscle - Chapter 3

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Page: 331

Topic: Growth Mindset Explained, Growth Mindset DoJo 1-5

Length: 2:31

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Your Brain is Like a Muscle - Chapter 4

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Topic: Growth Mindset Explained, Growth Mindset DoJo 1-5

Length: 2:50

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Your Brain is Like a Muscle - Chapter 5

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Topic: Growth Mindset Explained, Growth Mindset DoJo 1-5

Length: 3:32

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Expectations: "Learning is Messy"

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Page: 347

Topic: Confidence Building, Tenacity, Allow Struggle

Length: 11:36

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Expectations and PRB: Rodolfo and His Tenacious Teacher

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Page: 347

Topic: Confidence Building, Tenacity, Allow Struggle

Length: 14:04

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Expectations: Stimulating Effective Effort

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Page: 347

Topic: Confidence Building, Tenacity, Allow Struggle

Length: 18:44

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Expectations: "Natural Resources"

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Page: 348

Topic: Persevere and Return, Mistakes Help Us Learn, My Favorite No

Length: 3:48

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Mistakes - To Get Better You Must Get Ugly

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Page: 348

Topic: Persevere and Return, Mistakes Help Us Learn, My Favorite No

Length: 18:45

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My Favorite No

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Topic: Persevere and Return, Mistakes Help Us Learn, My Favorite No

Length: 5:45

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Precision Teaching: Success Criteria and Exemplars

Chapter: 14

Page: 351

Topic: Exemplars

Length: 3:04

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Encouragement and Advice: "Ceramics"

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Page: 353

Topic: Guidance

Length: 12:50

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Descriptive Feedback Helps All Students Reach Proficiency

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Page: 354, 355

Topic: Descriptive Feedback

Length: 5:38

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Austin's Butterfly

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Page: 354

Topic: Group Critique

Length: 6:32

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Planning and Differentiated Instruction: "My Favorite Part"

Chapter: 14

Page: 367

Topic: Framing Reteaching

Length: 3:52

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Expectations: Weekly Quizzes and Retakes

Chapter: 14

Page: 370

Topic: Frequent Quizzes and Self-Correction

Length: 21:51

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Rick Wormeli: Redos, Retakes, and Do-Overs, Part One

Chapter: 14

Page: 372

Topic: Errors and Retakes (1 & 2), Student Self-Correction (1 & 2), Peer Teaching

Length: 8:33

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Rick Wormeli: Redos, Retakes, and Do-Overs, Part Two

Chapter: 14

Page: 372

Topic: Errors and Retakes (1 & 2), Student Self-Correction (1 & 2), Peer Teaching

Length: 8:31

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Expectations: Explicit Teaching of Effective Effort Strategies

Chapter: 14

Page: 381

Topic: Teaching Effective Effort

Length: 18:19

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The Incredible Power of Concentration - Miyoko Shida

Chapter: 14

Page: 382

Topic: The Power of Concentration, Teaching Strategies

Length: 7:43

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Effective Literacy Practices - Teaching for Transfer - Strategic Activity

Chapter: 14

Page: 382

Topic: The Power of Concentration, Teaching Strategies

Length: 7:48

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Sesame Street: Janelle Monae - Power of Yet

Chapter: 14

Page: 384

Topic: TPerseverance, The Power of "Yet", The Power of Words

Length: 2:41

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The Power of Words - A Girl Changed a Blind Man

Chapter: 14

Page: 384

Topic: Perseverance, The Power of "Yet", The Power of Words

Length: 2:00

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Praising the Process

Chapter: 14

Page: 333

Topic: Praise the Process

Length: 6:16

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Chapter 15 Motivation: Personal Relationship Building

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Chapter 16 Motivation: Classroom Climate

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Chapter 17 Curriculum: Design

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Chapter 18 Curriculum: Lesson Objectives

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Clarity: The Impact of Framing the Learning

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Page: 468

Topic: Compose in Mastery Language

Length: 10:48

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Objectives: "Word Problems"

Chapter: 18

Page: 471

Topic: Student Friendly Language

Length: 7:55

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Students Unpack a Learning Target and Discuss Academic Vocabulary

Chapter: 18

Page: 471

Topic: Unpack the Objective 1 & 2

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Using A Learning Target Throughout a Lesson

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Page: 471

Topic: Unpack the Objective 1 & 2

Length: 3:09

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Clarity: Connections

Chapter: 18

Page: 472

Topic: Return to Objective

Length: 14:28

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Planning Conference Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter: 18

Page: 483

Topic: Planning Conference

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Planning Conference Chapter 2: Emphasis on Content

Chapter: 18

Page: 485

Topic: Planning Conference, Content Analysis

Length: 15:59

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Planning Conference Chapter 3: Map of the Respiratory System

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Page: 486

Topic: Planning Conference, Content Analysis

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Chapter 19 Curriculum: Planning

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Chapter 20 Curriculum: Differentiated Instruction

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Chapter 21 Curriculum: Assessment

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Co-Creating Success Criteria, Sara Carroll

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Page: 560

Topic: Co-creating Criteria for Success

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Precision Teaching: Success Criteria and Exemplars

Chapter: 21

Page: 567

Topic: Creating Criteria for Successful Exemplars

Length: 3:04

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Dr. Heidi Andrade, Ed.D. Reflects on Self and Peer Assessment

Chapter: 21

Page: 582

Topic: Peer Assessment 1, 2 &3

Length: 5:24

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Peer Assessment: Reflections from Students and Teachers

Chapter: 21

Page: 582

Topic: Peer Assessment 1, 2 &3

Length: 4:53

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Self and Peer Assessment Dylan William

Chapter: 21

Page: 582

Topic: Peer Assessment 1, 2 &3

Length: 2:30

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Student Led Conferences

Chapter: 21

Page: 591

Topic: Student Led Conferences

Length: 8:02

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Student Led Conferences Do's and Don’ts

Chapter: 21

Page: 591

Topic: Student Led Conferences

Length: 8:08

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Student Led Conferences: Introduction

Chapter: 21

Page: 591

Topic: Student Led Conferences

Length: 6:18

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Student Led Conferences: Empowerment and Ownership

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Page: 591

Topic: Student Led Conferences

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Chapter 22 Curriculum: Overarching Objectives

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