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Measuring Success: Data Driven Dance
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, create, dance advantage, dance assessment, dance education, national standards in dance education, perform, respond, teaching dance
As dancers, we are consistently assessing performance- individually, technically, artistically, collectively, and so on.
Continue ReadingAsking Students What They Think: Part of a Formative Assessment Approach to Teaching
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment dance, Formative Assessment, music, Students, theatre
At this time of COVID 19 and the breakneck speed of shifts to online learning, I want to discuss the use of formative assessment. Michigan uses this definition of formative assessment within its
Continue ReadingGo Make Music: Connecting Within the Family Ensemble
Holly Olszewski Leave a Comment
In a time when our communities are scattered and "socially distanced," building connections with students—both teacher-to-student as well as students' connections with each other—can seem an insurmountable challenge. When we build connections, we...
Continue ReadingCreative Days: Teaching Creativity through Producing Original Music
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment instruction, Michigan Arts Education
For the past 17 years, as a main component of our yearly music curriculum, I have been producing original music with K-12 students. By providing the tools, the time, and the guidance for students to create...
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