Engaging Students in Classroom Discussions: Strategies to Address Fear of Failure

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Engaging Students in Classroom Discussions: Strategies to Address Fear of Failure Student engagement is considered a crucial aspect of a high-functioning classroom.  Students should be actively involved in interactions with the teacher, the content being taught, and, most importantly, with each other. However, it is concerning to note that student-to-student engagement is often lacking in classrooms, despite the well-documented benefits …

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HCSS Teacher Evaluation

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Our school’s mission statement: The Hampden Charter School of Science is a top-ranking tuition-free college preparatory school founded in 2009. The mission of the HCSS is to provide a college preparatory-focused education to the youth of every race and ethnic group in Western Massachusetts in a safe, academically challenging, and caring educational environment. Our core values are respect, responsibility, resilience, …

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Project Based Learning

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What is Project Based Learning?  Project Based Learning: Explained. “Project Based Learning is a systematic teaching method that engages students in learning knowledge and skills through an extended inquiry process structured around complex, authentic questions and carefully designed products and tasks.” (Markham, Larmer, and Ravitz (2003)) At HCSS, Project Based Learning is an approach we take to instruction that engages …

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