Communicating student learning to parents.
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RETHINKING STUDENT LEARNING and COMMUNICATING STUDENT LEARNING TO PARENTS
Transcript of Communicating student learning to parents.
RETHINKING STUDENT LEARNING
and COMMUNICATING STUDENT
LEARNING TO PARENTS
How many countries in the world?
• 1900: 53• Today: 196South Sudan– formed in 2011
How many words in the English Language?
• Changes EVERY year.• Expanding by 8,500 words per year
Obsolete or New?
• GROAK:
• OBSOLETE
• To silently watch someone while they are eating, hoping to be invited to join them.
Obsolete or New?
• OMNISHAMBLES:
• NEW
• A situation that has been comprehensively mismanaged, characterized by a string of
blunder and miscalculations.
Obsolete or New?
• APRICITY:
• OBSOLETE
• The sun’s warmth on a cold winter’s day.
Obsolete or New?
• HUGGER MUGGER:
• OBSOLETE
• To act in a secretive manner.
Obsolete or New?
• SQUEE:
• NEW
• Used to express great excitement.
FACT:
• Rate of CHANGE
• Students don’t need more FACTS, they need SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES that will allow them to succeed.
Slide by Bill FerriterThe Tempered Radicalblog.williamferriter.com@plugusin
BC’s New CurriculumSKILLS and COMPETENCIES
Creative and Critical ThinkingCommunicationPositive personal and cultural identityPersonal and Social awareness and responsibility
OUTCOMESExample: Grade 4 Math15 Concepts – Down from 24 Learning Outcomes
SUMMATIVE FORMATIVE
Measure Purpose Improve Learning
Public/Parent/Student Audience Student
% # Symbol Form Descriptive
Event Timing Minute-by-Minute Day-by-Day
Judge Role Coach
Thinking about Assessment…
Activity:• In groups, discuss the following problem. Record your
thinking on the whiteboards. Be prepared to share your thinking.
• You would like to make a garden in your back yard. You have enough material to make a border around your garden that is 24 metres in length. How many ways can you design your garden? Which is the best design? Why?
Performance Standard
Letter Grades:• Do Not inform learning.• Tend to reduce students’ interest
in the learning itself. • Tend to reduce students’
preference for challenging tasks.• Tend to reduce the quality of
students’ thinking. (Kohn, 1999)
MYTH: If we don’t give letter grades, students will not be motivated or engaged.
Slide by Bill FerriterThe Tempered Radicalblog.williamferriter.com@plugusin
Is There Another Way? …WikiseatSome of the best instances of STUDENT ENGAGEMENT has been when students were not given traditional grades but rather when they were completely focusedon their learning. Here are some examples…
Is There Another Way? … KIVA
Is There Another Way?
Questions?
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