Learning Goals and Success Criteria – Page 2 – HARNESSING THE POWER OF ASSESSMENT

September 29, 2018 Assessment Essentials / Learning Goals and Success Criteria

Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria (Part 1 of 4 – Introduction)

When you read the title of this post, did it affirm your thinking or did it evoke a sense of questioning…’But how do I do that?’

Changing how we think about assessment – Teaching students how to learn

“…the most empowering and loving thing we can do is help students learn how to learn for themselves.” (Jackson, 2009)

September 21, 2018 Assessment Essentials / Assessment Loop / Learning Goals and Success Criteria

Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of the Learning Goals

You’ve heard the phrase making thinking visible. Observing, listening to and conversing with students about their meaning-making is essential. But, in order to do this effectively, what needs to be in place?

September 13, 2018 Assessment Essentials / Learning Goals and Success Criteria / Planning

Learning Goals and Success Criteria: How to Craft Them

It’s tempting to pick an expectation and to ‘turn it into a learning goal’. However, if we’re going to invite students to be active in their learning (to own it!), we need to go beyond telling them what the goal of ‘today’s lesson’ is.