tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537830633228785974.post15745089531699693..comments2024-02-16T02:33:19.686-06:00Comments on Angles of Reflection: The Project ManifestoUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537830633228785974.post-45530882960736420992013-02-11T10:06:09.009-06:002013-02-11T10:06:09.009-06:00Here, here! The projects should be teaching execu...Here, here! The projects should be teaching executive functioning skills (organization, planning, etc) in the way you describe. As a teacher myself (of high school students) I always assigned projects with plenty of work built into classroom time so I could over see the direction the projects were taking. And teachers need to provide examples of what they expect -- either projects from former students or ones they make themselves.<br /><br />That being said, my Aspie son (4th grade) has had school projects assigned that were worth 25% of his grade and that were to do be done entirely in class. I had no idea about the project, so I couldn't coach him on the planning stages and discuss strategies to keep him on task.Jessica Staley-Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00705734990967416858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537830633228785974.post-15285821514817514482013-02-04T21:21:03.070-06:002013-02-04T21:21:03.070-06:00" It's worth noting that parental involve..." It's worth noting that parental involvement quickly turns into an arms race: it's hard for any parent to look at wall full of slick, parentally-lettered posters, and see his son's scrawled poster as the marvel of independent effort that it is."<br /><br />THIS is a problem. My kid comes home in tears because everyone else's is so much "better" than his and when I see the projects displayed in the hallways, it's obvious they were not done by a third/fourth/fifth grader. My kids are lucky I'm crafty - I let them use all my supplies if they want, but I don't do it for them. As a result, the project looks like it was done by a fourth grader (because it was) but yet looks dismal by comparison.Laura Kaplanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14124643327232701680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537830633228785974.post-66881666210471253252013-01-27T21:50:41.599-06:002013-01-27T21:50:41.599-06:00This is exactly the kind of insanity I'm talki...This is exactly the kind of insanity I'm talking about.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06229409608226714166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-537830633228785974.post-83040309518953070412013-01-27T20:54:53.832-06:002013-01-27T20:54:53.832-06:00I remember the countless hours I spent throughout ...I remember the countless hours I spent throughout grade school trying to write a book for the Young Authors project. In reality, it needed to be shorter than the average short story I read now, but to a second grader, five short pages can feel like a novel. Every year the requirements got stricter, and every year the teachers guided us less than the previous year. It was horrible. I remember sixth grade specifically, because we wrote zero essays the entire year until that project. How are we supposed to write well if our only writing assignment is the one that counts the most? Oh, did I not mention that? This was 50% of our second semester English grade.Sotirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07276174071168967450noreply@blogger.com