Learning Conversations: Tools for Documenting (Part 3)
How do we harness learning conversations in order to create a powerful artifact of thinking? It’s a conundrum!
Honing Our Assessment Skills: A Small Change Makes a Big Difference
Learning goals should focus on learning. Seems obvious, yet sometimes we write goals that focus on what the student is
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of the Learning Goals (Part 2)
Recently we heard from a concerned educator, “I display the learning goals at the beginning of each lesson, every day,
Learning Conversations: Conditions for Success (Part 2)
The importance of sitting alongside a student is often understated or dismissed.
Learning Conversations: A Window into Thinking (Part 1)
If a picture is worth a thousand words, then what is the value of a conversation? Priceless!
Descriptive Feedback: The Engine that Powers Learning
Feedback should help the student understand more about the learning goal, more about their own achievement status in relation to
Enacting AfL means changing the roles of educators and students (Part 5)
‘Don’t smile until Christmas!” was well-meaning advice given to me many years ago. In my teacher training, and early in
