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Flavors, Textures, and Colors Combining Visual and Culinary Arts to Meet Students Where They Are
Karrie LaFave Leave a Comment Art in the Loft
Editor’s Note: At MAEIA we are dedicated to advancing access to quality arts education for all of Michigan’s students and one effective way to achieve this is partnering schools...
Continue ReadingHolly Olzsewski: Who’s teaching whom? Using assessment to build relationships in the classroom
Holly Olszewski Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, assessment, Holly Olszewski, MAEIA, music, Performance Assessment
I hear many complaints about assessment from my colleagues, those in my subject area and others. When I am in a good mood, I try to counter their complaints with “Assessment is great!”, “Assessment helps...
Continue ReadingWhat About “And”?
Heather Vaughan-Southard Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, creative thinking, critical thinking, dance education, education, response assessments, teaching dance
I continually find myself in a situations appearing to be dominated by “either, or”. It has prompted me to think about this in terms of dance education. In (dance) education, consumers- and many providers- seem...
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
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