Desert STEM Musings

Tag: teaching

  • Designed to Learn or to Endure?

    Designed to Learn or to Endure?

    Muser

    I’ve been noticing the phrase “productive struggle” floating through meetings, professional development sessions, and curriculum conversations more and more. It lands confidently. It sounds rigorous. It feels like the right thing to say. I’ve used it myself. But when I pause and ask what it actually means, the answers shift. Sometimes it’s described as giving…

  • Instructional Design vs. Instructional Décor

    Muser

    During grad school, a common activity we would use to sharpen our discernment was a game I like to call “is it rigorous or is it pretty?”. We would choose an activity from Teachers Pay Teachers and decide if the content was a rigorous assessment and practice of standards mastery or if it was just…