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====//"This brain research supports educators' firsthand experience, which tells us that superior learning takes place when learning activities are enjoyable and relevant to students' lives, interests, and experiences." (Willis) // ====

== “Nearly a century later myriad standardized tests are available for a variety of purposes, and they all are based on Binet’s premise that a single test can yield a score that captures all of an individual’s abilities and potential…we know this in nonsense. How could all of an individual’s abilities and potential possibly be captured by a single test, much less a single score.” (Hoerr) ==

="When I examine myself, and my methods of thought, I came to the conclusion that the gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for observing positive knowledge" (Albert Einstein) =

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Qualitative Data / Multiple Intelligence
 <span style="background-color: #e524c0; color: #000000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;"> == “Students differ from one another in size, shape, and social development. Students also learn differently. Teachers can no longer teach “The Lesson” and hope that everyone gets it. Teachers must consider each child based on his or her needs, readiness, preferences and interests. Teachers should strive to differentiate the context, the assessment tools, the performance tasks, and instructional strategies. Differentiation is a philosophy that enables teachers to plan strategically in order to meet the needs of the diverse learners in today’s classrooms.” (Gregory & Chapman) ==

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==<span style="color: #ff0038; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">"The biggest mistake of past centuries in teaching has been to treat all children as if they were variants of the same individual and thus feel justified in teaching them all the same subjects" (Howard Gardner) ==

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media type="custom" key="695045" === I know it is possible to teach children to think creatively...I have done it; I have seen my wife do it; I have seen excellent teachers do it. I have seen children who have seemed previously to be "non-thinkers" learn to think creatively, and I have seen them continue for years thereafter to think creatively" (E. Paul Torrance) === media type="custom" key="697335" = = ===<span style="background-color: #d6ff00; color: #0200ff; display: block; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 160%; text-align: center;">Using Data To Differentiate: Quantitative Data <span style="background-color: #d6ff00; color: #ff00ec; display: block; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 196%; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 140%;"> media type="custom" key="1545293"===

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