The Workshop Method Provides Real-Time Feedback
Ellen Tanguay might be a parent’s worst nightmare -- she’s teaching seventh-graders how to argue. In fact, her students will be practicing arguing every day for the next few weeks. “ Wait. What? ” parents may be saying. “ They’re teenagers; they’re already experts at that. ” Tanguay hopes to build on this natural ability by helping her students learn the process of developing evidence-based arguments as part of her English Language Arts program. “Learning to build an effective argument is empowering for students,” she says. “It’s a skill they will use throughout their lives.” Read the full story here...