tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post7243624921848082291..comments2023-03-21T07:51:46.063-04:00Comments on BYOD, ASAP: Spiralling: Spinning Around in my HeadHeatherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-87572612644996739892019-01-31T20:42:07.539-05:002019-01-31T20:42:07.539-05:00Hi Heather - did you ever end up spiralling MCF3M?...Hi Heather - did you ever end up spiralling MCF3M? I've taught the course a few times and am thinking of spiralling for the first time. I'd love to hear any insights you might have about progression and recommended activities.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749289489278691905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-86005630865917293232016-05-28T17:23:43.863-04:002016-05-28T17:23:43.863-04:00Alex still uses formal test-like (he calls them ex...Alex still uses formal test-like (he calls them exams since they are not "units") evaluations at the end of each spiral. He finds the first spiral is the longest (and at the beginning the activities he uses are just to create his classroom norms, they do not necessarily cover content yet) but did not indicate he plans a specific length. It sounds like he is a big advocate of "just-in-time teaching". It sounds like the kids enjoy his classes so much the motivation piece isn't much of an issue. There is obviously more than one way to implement it all.Heather Lyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01050951042072276947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-79447164359566254582016-05-09T19:34:32.622-04:002016-05-09T19:34:32.622-04:00To be honest, I was wondering about this at last w...To be honest, I was wondering about this at last week's conference, too. So many students seem to only be "motivated" when a deadline is imminent. And if they know they'll just be covering it again, will that lead them to put off their learning/mastery? I'm wondering if the activities Alex et al. use address this somehow, so instead of having to explicitly learn, the learning is built-in to the task they accomplish. I'll have to do a little more digging around. Thank you for helping me think through this! I'd love to see how your classes are run.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13987609384790057309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6514860513640386097.post-76906213316174043942016-05-09T13:31:43.787-04:002016-05-09T13:31:43.787-04:00Thanks for a thought provoking post. I have strugg...Thanks for a thought provoking post. I have struggled for years with implementing spiral tactics in a meaningful way. What I fear - and this may be entirely my fault for the way I spiral - is that many students have a consistent feeling that they do not need to master skills because they know that we will come back to them. I want instead for my students to feel some sense of urgency about approaching mastery as long as it is balanced by the security of knowing that (a) we'll see and think about these skills again and (b) when we do we will dig deeper. I have quite a bit of thinking to do about this. I may end up pestering Alex for insights this summer at TMCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com