[LIT] Rick Wormeli

[Mary Dovey]

Hi Susie-
I have his books, liked them, and that's why I went to see him. Maybe what I
saw was an off-day...for him or me! I just remember that we had one pretty
profound disagreement about grading with differentiated instruction.
Mary



On 6/25/07 9:17 PM, "Shighley at aol.com" <Shighley at aol.com> wrote:

> I've seen Rick Wormeli twice, and he didn't strike me as Harry Wong-ish at
> all.  (I've seen Harry Wong a couple of times, too, and enjoyed that in
> different ways).  I didn't get the feel that Rick is teacher-centered.
> 
> You really should check out his books, and can start at the Stenhouse site to
> get an idea.
> The first one, Meet Me in the Middle, is perhaps is more teacher-centered
> http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=328
> 
> and there's Day One and Beyond
> http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=355
> 
>> From Fair Isn't Always Equal, perhaps you get a better feel of how he's all
>> about the students
> 
http://www.stenhouse.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=0&idproduct=898>
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> 
> I'm on some other listservs with Rick, and am very impressed.  Here's one more
> example from Education World
> http://www.education-world.com/a_issues/chat/chat153.shtml
> 
> Susie
> 
> 
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