by Spencer Mason | Apr 8, 2015 | GREENHOUSE
8 Apr 2015 Go Fish! is a children’s card game I played a couple times in my youth, around sixty years ago. For my father, Go Fish was not a card game, it was an adventure. He loved to fish. When I was a boy, he went fishing whenever he could. He took me fishing one...
by Spencer Mason | Dec 31, 2014 | Fall 2014, GREENHOUSE
31 Dec 2014 As a professor of fine art for over twenty years, I have often reflected on the most meaningful contributions of my career, asking myself, “What is the most worthwhile, and useful contribution I have given to young and hopeful art students?” Having worked...
by Spencer Mason | Aug 20, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
20 Aug 2014 Cognitive ability or aptitude tests attempt to measure a student’s cognitive reasoning abilities. They help you know how information is learned. An achievement test measures what a student knows. A cognitive ability or aptitude test measures how well a...
by Spencer Mason | Aug 6, 2014 | Summer 2014, GREENHOUSE
6 Aug 2014 What shall we do with online classes? We shall do the same thing homeschoolers have been doing with curricula since homeschooling began—experiment, find what works for us, talk about them to others and use them as a tool to homeschool our kids. We will...
by Spencer Mason | May 14, 2014 | Spring 2014, GREENHOUSE
14 May 2014 Once you have chosen an achievement test and administered it, the final step of the annual process is interpreting the score report. I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that this can be the most intimidating step. The typical score report seems to have more...