TYLER RABLIN: How do our assessment practices impact student motivation?

Teachers on Fire

🔥 How can we reach bored students in the classroom?

🔥 How can our gradebooks better support individual student growth?

🔥 How should teachers be thinking about AI and evidence of learning?

Join me for this conversation with TYLER RABLIN as he shares his insights.

ABOUT THIS GUEST: Tyler is an award-winning instructional coach and former ELA teacher for Sunnyside School District in Sunnyside, WA. He is also the owner of Tyler Rablin Consulting, a contributing writer for publications such as Edutopia, EdSurge, and EdWeek, and has been a featured speaker at conferences around the U.S. for his work with assessment and instructional technology. His book, Hacking Student Motivation, looks at the intersection between our assessment practices and what we know about motivation to provide learning experiences that build student self-efficacy, confidence, and hope.

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In This Conversation:

0:00:00 - How can our assessment practices better support student growth and learning?

0:26 - Who is Tyler Rablin?

1:34 - A story of student failure that changed Tyler's view of assessment

4:08 - How can traditional assessment practices negatively impact student motivation?

8:24 - How to redesign grade books to focus on student learning, growth, and interests

11:59 - How can we provide feedback that supports student growth and improvement

16:46 - If you couldn't average scores in your grade book, what would you do?

20:43 - Creating professional learning experiences that value teacher expertise and professionalism

24:56 - Are students more bored today than they've been in the past?

29:06 - How should teachers think about AI today?

34:14 - Tyler is passionate about nature photography

36:29 - A productivity hack: time blocking in his calendar

37:44 - Someone we should follow on X: Marcus Luther

38:05 - An edtech tool pick: School AI

38:33 - A book pick: The Willpower Instinct

39:03 - A guest recommendation: TG2 and Vanessa Ellis

39:54 - What Tyler is streaming: X-Men

40:12 - Where to connect with Tyler online

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