Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: Witnessing Learning Over Time
I learned about differentiation and personalization in a truly authentic way.
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Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: Enacting Assessment for Learning means changing the roles of educators and students (Part 2)
To harness the power of assessment to improve learning, you must examine and possibly reconsider your role and how you see your relationship with your students.
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria (Part 4 of 4 – A Dynamic, Ongoing Process)
As a learning community, students uncover possible success criteria, giving an educator the opportunity to listen deeply, assessing what students already know and understand.
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria (Part 3 of 4 – Using Samples to Uncover Criteria)
When you give students information that they can use to improve, and they see and understand that they can do it… students will experience feelings of control over their learning …
Collaboratively Developing Students’ Understanding of Success Criteria (Part 2 of 4 – Modelling Criteria)
“…the more students interact with the criteria, the more they are able to internalize look-fors and apply them when assessing the quality of their work or performance.” (Nicol, Macfarlane-Dick, 2006)
Reflecting Back, Moving Forward: The Importance of Defining Criteria
Sometimes significant professional insights come from snippets of lived classroom moments. One moment can change you! It did for me.
Changing how we think about assessment – Fostering a positive learning environment for all
It’s late August and a charged silence of anticipation hangs in classrooms across Ontario – but not for long! As students flick the switch and energy floods into the learning spaces, how will students, from the very young to those approaching adulthood, perceive their place within this learning environment?
