UGA ARED 4350 Fall 2018

Maslow's hierarchy of needs is a motivational theory in psychology comprising a five-tier model of human needs, often depicted as hierarchical levels within a pyramid. When one need is fulfilled a person seeks to fulifil the next one, and so on. Every person is capable and has the desire to move up the hierarchy toward a level of self-actualization. Unfortunately, progress is often disrupted by failure to meet lower level needs.

Maybe you've always wanted to try PBL, but you just haven't gotten around to it yet. Here's a set of beginner-level resources to get you started.

Even if you're a great teacher, even if you're a swell person most days, sometimes it all gets to be too much and you just snap.

One of the many positive movements in education today is the move to integrate more formative assessments into our teaching. Too much summat

When you read about these arts teachers implementing formative classroom assessment practices, what you are seeing is mini-action research o

For many art teachers, assessment is a four-letter word. Assessments eat class time and don’t always provide quality information. Most assessments check for learning after all the teaching is done. But knowing what your students know before you create a lesson can save you time in the long run! That’s where pre-assessment comes in. Pre-assessments …

Each year as I wrap up a semester’s worth of learning in my high school introductory art course, I am always amazed to see how much my students have grown individually. I can see that they are proud of their hard work and growth and that they learned…A LOT! I finally figured out a lesson …

We are always looking for a better glimpse inside our students brains. While we are never going to figure out the mysteries of the pre-teen or kindergarten mind, there are some tools to help us understand where they are in their learning journey. Below are 20 simple, quick, effective ways to check on your students …