Which brings me to my favorite pet peeve - when a teacher breaks apart a well-functioning group and assigns roles, etc. to teach cooperative learning!!
> > . . . It reminds me of the argument I still have with some teachers about > > naming the parts of speech being an essential in teaching writing. It is > > not...using the parts of speech correctly when constructing sentences is > > the essential. So... maybe using the strategies, whatever we call them, is > > the essential. Having a common language is important, but it shouldn't be > > more important than...well, understanding!!> _________________________________________________________________ In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_realtime_042008 _______________________________________________ Understand mailing list [email protected] http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/understand_literacyworkshop.org
