Originally posted on Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner on February 17, 2015 Stanford University is offering their longest-running course, Constructive Classroom Conversations: Mastering Language for College and Career Readiness, from February 18 – May 19. Registration for this latest round of the MOOC is free and available here. The MOOC is described…
Originally posted on Colorin Colorado March 6, 2015 by Diane Staehr Fenner As many states begin to fully implement computer-based tests to measure students’ progress toward reaching the Common Core State Standards, it is an opportune time to take a closer look at how computer-based assessments might affect ELLs in…
By Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Snyder / Originally published on the Colorin Colorado website / January 23, 2015 Last year, we wrote a two-part series on text dependent questions (TDQs) for ELLs, and it was one of our most popular blog posts. In the first blog post, we provided…
By Diane Staehr Fenner / Originally published on the Colorin Colorado website / December 16, 2014 As 2014 winds down, I thought I would take some time to reflect on our blog posts that had the most impact during the year. During classroom instruction, we sometimes like to have students…
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