Cora Colon’s Updates
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A Personal Stance on Rubrics - Colón
After reading my article, "The Trouble with Rubrics," I honestly feel a bit rattled. I was in very strong support of rubrics, and I am now left feeling unsure. I read some of the updates defending rubrics and felt conflicted all over again. Yesica p...More
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The Trouble with Rubrics - Colón
In his article, The Trouble with Rubrics, Kohn goes against the current pedogogical status quo and seeks to discredit the use of rubrics. So many schools advocate for rubrics in to help students see what needs to be done to "get the grade." Kohn pul...More
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Mentor Text Analysis - Colon
The article Academic Praise in Conferences: A Key for Motivating Struggling Writers by Elizabeth Hale discusses the importance of a balance between effort praise and academic praise. Effort praise is looking at a piece of writing and say "Good job!...More
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Theory - Cora Colón
Multiliteraciesdiscuss two main aspects of language in our modern world: multiple meanings depending on culture, or domain specific contexts and the many modes of meaning making such as digital information and communications media (Facebook, news s...More
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Sociocultural Theory - Cora Colón
I don’t remember having a lot of experience with sociocultural writing in school. We would be asked to write about our experiences sometimes. I went to a pretty diverse K-8 school. We would have prompts about some diverse topics, I believe, or be ab...More
