Andrew Pass, Author at A Pass Educational Group LLC

6 Things Every Instructional Designer Should Be Able to Do

Understand the Best Practices of Teaching There are many models and methods of teaching available for instructional designers to use. Keeping up to date on the newest and best practices in teaching will help an instructional designer ensure that every learner at any...

6 Times NOT to Use Technology Enhanced Items

PARCC defines technology-enhanced items (TEIs) as “tasks administered on a computer and [that] take advantage of the computer-based environment to present situations and capture responses in ways that are not possible on a paper-based test” (PARCC, 2016). Although...

4 Typical Student Misconceptions Every English Language Arts Course Writer Must Consider

Every English Language Arts (ELA) student approaches a course with different talents, struggles, and experiences. ELA course writers should be aware of the diversity of the modern classroom and prepare to consider the many contexts students may be using to approach a...

7 Things a Subject Matter Expert Must Contribute to Course Development

“An expert is someone who has succeeded in making decisions and judgements simpler through knowing what to pay attention to and what to ignore.” Edward de Bono Beyond the vague response of “subject matter,” what exactly does a subject matter expert (SME) contribute to...

5 Questions to Answer in Every CTE Course

If you ask the average student what they think about career centers, they might make comments such as “Career centers are only for seniors.” or that “Many graduates are handed a job upon completion of their program and their major dictates their career path for life.”...