ASSESSMENT in MATH and SCIENCE: A Conversation with MELISSA DEAN

🔥 Are we about tasks or learning?
🔥 How do our beliefs about assessment shape absolutely everything we do?
🔥 How has it become acceptable to do nothing in a classroom, and what can we do about it?
Join me for this conversation with MELISSA DEAN as she shares her insights.
ABOUT THIS GUEST: Melissa is a high school math, science and ELA teacher who is passionate about reforming assessment and reimagining mathematics education. She is a developing inquiry and design thinking teacher who is constantly in reflection about her teaching practice and the state of education. She’s also the author of Unravel School: Reimagine Classrooms, Reinvent Assessment and Revive Learning. 
You can follow Melissa on X and Instagram @dean_of_math and on her website at  deanofmath.wordpress.com.
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In This Conversation:
1:12 - A pivotal STORY of futility in the Math classroom
4:20 - Assessment is EVERYTHING in education reform
10:37 - What's the difference between GRADING and ASSESSMENT?
13:44 - What's the PURPOSE of SCHOOL?
20:03 - Small assessment changes to make in MATH and SCIENCE classrooms
24:16 - What does INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING look like in upper level Math?
30:31 - Why is it okay for students to do NOTHING in a classroom?
36:53 - Areas of learning for Melissa OUTSIDE of the classroom
39:55 - Productivity hacks: waking early, walking
41:22 - Someone to follow: Natalie Vardabasso, Jessica Vance
42:31 - An edtech tool that Melissa favours right now
43:07 - A book pick: The Pi of Life by Sunil Singh
43:50 - A future guest recommendation: Monte Syrie
45:15 - Melissa talks about the mission of her book, Unravel School
47:06 - Where to connect with Melissa online
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