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Debra Henning: What’s In A Word? Cross-Curricular Instruction and Assessment in the Arts
Debra Henning Leave a Comment adrian villar rojas, arts assessments, arts education, arts integration, cross-curricular connections, frank gehry, iwan baan, language arts, louis vuitton, MAEIA assessments, martin agryoglo, paris, social studies, visual arts, where the slaves live
The following post offers an example of the manner in which MAEIA’s “Cross-Curricular Connections Assessment,” V.T 312 for Grade 8, can encourage students to think deeply about connections between the visual...
Continue ReadingCheryl Poole: Watching as They Assembled the MAEIA Tools
Cheryl Poole Leave a Comment arts assessment, arts education, blueprint, cheryl poole, MAEIA history, MAEIA Leadership Fellows, MCACA, PA 173, performance events, performance tasks, program review tool
Cheryl L. Poole is an educator with more than 40 years of experience in visual arts, museum administration and facilitating professional learning. She has had the pleasure of working with educators in the MAEIA...
Continue ReadingRebecca Arndt: Why is MAEIA so important?
Rebecca Arndt Leave a Comment art, arts assessment, arts education, assessments, field-tested, Leadership Fellows, music education, professional development
I have been asked about what the MAEIA project is and why it is so important. The simple answer is I want to give my students the best of me and the...
Continue ReadingMargaret Thiele: Having Fun with the MAEIA Assessments
Margaret Thiele Leave a Comment arts assessment items, arts assessments, arts education, MAEIA Leadership Fellow, Margaret Thiele, music education, performance tasks
Last year I participated in the field-testing for the MAEIA Assessments for elementary music. In that role my focus was on the assessments themselves, the length of time it took to administer them, if they...
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