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)
Category: Learning Goals and Success Criteria
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of the Learning Goals (Part 1)
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?
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.
Success Criteria: An indispensable condition for improvement
Together with learning goals, success criteria form the foundation for all other assessment practices.
Learning Goals: Essential to Learning
In your classroom, do students know what they are trying to achieve, both in terms of the big picture and the details?
