Sentences with phrase «assessed student learning through»

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The steps guide teams through three phases — prepare, inquire, and act — and outline the key tasks involved in building the skills necessary for looking at data, identifying a problem of practice, developing an action plan, and assessing to what extent it succeeds in improving student learning.

Also figuring into this years planning is the states first test of science skills, which will be administered to fifth graders and is designed to assess what students learned in third - through - fifth grades.

The skills this student learned - creativity, leadership, persistence, initiative - may not be easily assessed on a test, but will last with him through life, and I believe contribute to his success.

Students need to use collaboration and independent learning to progress through the project tasks, but these skills are not assessed.

Assessing deeper learning requires performance — we assess collaboration by observing collaborative work and through student reflection on their ability to collaborate.

In project - based learning, students show what they learn as they journey through the unit, interact with its lessons, collaborate with each other, and assess themselves and each other.

It's easier to differentiate instruction for students when we break through the fog of learning targets and logistical guidelines to understand exactly what we're assessing.

The hope is that, through these questions, students will be able to self - assess their learning while in turn the teacher gauges student understanding.

Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge of «equality» through a discussion - based starter task; - Reading chapters 9 and 10 with a particular focus on the increasing inequalities between the different animals, and demonstrating their understanding through a related activity sheet; - Gauging the inequalities between the animals through the design and explanation of an «equality graph» (template and instructions provided); - Understanding how the events of the final chapters help Orwell to get his message across to the reader; - Analysing how the inequalities between the animals are evident through either a character analysis of Boxer or Napoleon (template and success criteria provided); - Peer assessing their partners» learning attempts.

Students learn through a logical and step - by - step learning journey, including: - Understanding the context of the poem and the horrific events that took place in the battle; - Understanding key information about Owen Sheers» life; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Interpreting the poem, with a particular emphasis upon the language and structural features; - Finding and analysing the language features used throughout the poem, and considering how these link to the poet's message; - Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Sheers gets across his message about war; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts.

Students learn through a logical and step - by - step learning journey, including: - Defining the key term «patriotism» and considering its pros and cons; - Understanding key information about E.E Cummings» life; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Investigating the structural make - up of the poem, and considering how this links to the poet's message; - Identifying the language features used throughout the poem, and considering how these link to the poet's message; - Analysing how language and structure create meaning through the poem; - Peer assessing each others» learning attempts.

The visually engaging, comprehensive PowerPoint presentation guides students through the following learning journey: - Learning about the cultures of different countries where the short stories originated; - Reading and understanding the short stories; - Collaborating in teams in order to analyse the stories in terms of content, language, and structure; - Understanding the key term «recreations» and evaluating two recreations of a famous fable; - Planning and writing their own recreation of one of the texts from different cultures; - Peer - assessing the recreation attempts of their learning journey: - Learning about the cultures of different countries where the short stories originated; - Reading and understanding the short stories; - Collaborating in teams in order to analyse the stories in terms of content, language, and structure; - Understanding the key term «recreations» and evaluating two recreations of a famous fable; - Planning and writing their own recreation of one of the texts from different cultures; - Peer - assessing the recreation attempts of their Learning about the cultures of different countries where the short stories originated; - Reading and understanding the short stories; - Collaborating in teams in order to analyse the stories in terms of content, language, and structure; - Understanding the key term «recreations» and evaluating two recreations of a famous fable; - Planning and writing their own recreation of one of the texts from different cultures; - Peer - assessing the recreation attempts of their partner.

Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge of «propaganda» through a discussion - based starter task; - Using an interactive, out - of - seat, group activity to build understanding of the features of propaganda; - Reading chapters 7 and 8 with a particular focus on the character of Squealer, and demonstrating their understanding through a related activity sheet; - Developing their understanding of Squealer's actions, and finding textual evidence to back this up, through a scaffolded, retrieval activity; - Using their imaginative and creative skills, in addition to their knowledge of Squealer and propaganda posters, to construct their own propaganda poster for Animal Farm; - Peer assessing their partners» learning attempts.

Students learn through a logical and step - by - step learning journey, including: - Exploring the key concept of «love» and its many meanings; - Understanding key information about William Shakespeare and his sonnets; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Understanding the poem, with a particular emphasis upon the content, language, and structural features; - Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Shakespeare gets across his messages about love in the poem, through the use of language and structure; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts.

Students learn through a logical and step - by - step learning journey, including: - Understanding the context of the poem and defining the key terminology «bayonet», «over the top», «trenches», and «no - man's land»; - Understanding key information about the poet Ted Hughes; - Reading and interpreting the poem; - Interpreting the poem, with a particular emphasis upon how Hughes creates visual and auditory imagery; - Finding and analysing the language features used throughout the poem, and considering how these link to the poet's message; - Writing an extended analysis piece based upon how Hughes creates imagery in order to capture the soldier's horrifying final moments; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts.

Students learn through the following tasks: - Gauging and collaborating previous knowledge through an interactive starter task; - Identifying the descriptive devices in sentences written about 19th Century characters; - Building close reading skills through a study of a fiction extract from Frankenstein - Answering exam - style questions interpreting and inferring the key meanings in the text; - Using models and templates to write extended analysis responses about the descriptive language used in the fiction extract; - Peer assessing their partners» learning attempts.

is a platform for game - based learning, where students are in control of the process and teachers are assessing their progress through quizzes and enhance responsiveness.

Students follow a clear and logical learning journey, in which they: - Define and identify the key structural features of limericks; - Read limericks, answering questions about the content and use of language and structure; - Hone their rhyming skills through a fun and interactive game; - Create a success criteria for effective limerick writing (a ready - made success criteria is included)- Write their own limericks, using the techniques that they have learnt; - Peer / self - assess their learning attempts.

Topics of discussion include: • Creating, executing, and evaluating measureable goals and benchmarks to ensure TRUE college and career readiness • Scaling implementation of programs to assess student growth and close math learning gaps • Building teacher capacity through TRUE professional learning communities and collaborative internal support systems • Leading a district - wide mindset shift toward ensuring lifelong learning for both adults and students All school and district - based leaders, and K - 12 educators are invited to attend.

Estimating the Percentage of U.S. Elementary and Secondary Students Assessed on Deeper Learning Through State Achievement Tests

This report presents the results of a project to estimate the percentage of U.S. elementary and secondary students being assessed on deeper learning skills through statewide mathematics and English language arts achievement tests at the beginning of the Deeper Learning Inilearning skills through statewide mathematics and English language arts achievement tests at the beginning of the Deeper Learning IniLearning Initiative.

The lesson follows a step - by - step learning journey, in which students learn through: - Taking part in a fun team quiz to secure understanding of Don Pedro; - Understanding his role in catalysing the events of the play; - Identifying and analysing quotations by Don Pedro to understand how his character is introduced; - Finding quotations to show how Don Pedro is involved in the confusion and chaos of the plot events; - Completing an essay style response in which they consider how the character of Don Pedro is introduced and developed; - Peer assessing each other's learning attempts.

Students learn «independent of time and place» through online courses, and content mastery is then assessed to provide «degrees and other credentials that are credible to both academic institutions and employers.»

In our definition, we look at three important concepts that we know help students achieve at high levels through the use of these assessments: they are formative (and thus occur during the learning process), they are team - designed, and they assess essential learning targets.

However, as I gained the necessary skills and practices to effectively assess my students — through self - directed learning and formal professional development — I started to realize that I could in fact differentiate.

Our school learning environments allow for authentic, community - based learning through self - directed, guided, project - based learning experiences that are relevant and authentically assessed so that students are fully engaged (and inspired), cognitively, behaviorally and emotionally.

«The Hope Survey is a unique tool, which enables schools to assess their school environment through the eyes of their students by measuring student perceptions of autonomy, belongingness and goal orientations as well as their resulting engagement in learning and disposition toward achievement.

From my work with teachers, I found that these are some of the critical teaching strategies that support students to become assessment - capable learners: Provide time for student reflection on their learning Involve the students in developing success criteria & rubrics for their own assessment Let students assess their own work & measure this against teacher judgements Provide feedback & encourage students to set goals from this assessment Be explicit about what learning progressions look like & encourage students to use these to set their own learning goals Provide opportunities for students to achieve goals through attending teacher - led or peer - led clinics And celebrate goals when they are achieved!

Teachers must recognize effectiveness through the lens of cause and effect relationships occurring during a lesson (e.g «Because you created the learning criteria with the students and modeled how to use the rubric, students were successfully self - assessing to improve their essays...»).

What worked for one teacher - learner was the ability to use the multiphase nature of the video process (written plan, storyboard, script, final production) to assess student learning at different evaluation points through the use of rubrics.

The article includes strategies for assessing students» learning through written assignments and through class discussion — for example, by asking students to explain the answers, whether or not the answers are correct; asking for more than one solution strategy; using small - group work; and asking students to restate others» ideas.

Students with disabilities and English learners may take Standards of Learning tests with or without accommodations or they may be assessed through alternate or alternative assessments.

The learning needs of gifted students often differ from those of other students and should be addressed through differentiation, a modification of curriculum and instruction based on the assessed achievement and interests of individual students.

The exam was never reinstated, and CPAC members began sharing what they learned to improve the ways they were teaching and assessing students; they accomplished this through in - person meetings, site visits, and information sharing.

Performance - based exams for teachers entering through both traditional and alternative pathways should assess classroom management and content pedagogy, and should require teacher candidates to demonstrate their ability to plan and deliver instruction and to assess student learning.

Through online or on - site courses and workshops, teachers learn a variety of research - based strategies and proven best practices for teaching reading and writing and assessing their impact on students» literacy skills.

Based on our proven Taking Action with Data methodology, educators learn how to apply research - based practices to pinpoint student strengths and needs, develop and implement targeted instruction, assess effectiveness, and reinforce learning through ongoing conversations with students, families, colleagues, and the community.

Students» abilities to demonstrate these kinds of skills are much more appropriately assessed through the use of authentic, project - based learning and performance - based assessments.

Learn how to foster respectful and quality relationships with peers, teachers, and community members; to promote exploration through relevant inquiry - based learning; to challenge students to access their higher - order thinking skills; and to assess students authentically.

From the middle of the 20th century, when states began experimenting with mandatory yearly testing through the Obama era and the «Race to the Top» program, we have seen states take a greater share of the power to assess learning and make decisions about student promotion, teacher ability, and school effectiveness based on these assessments.

With a suite of enhanced features and advanced functionality — completely free of charge — ClassFlow helps teachers to improve student engagement, assess comprehension and support personalised learning, through the integrated use of popular devices such as laptops, tablets, and Chromebooks.

Special education teacher evaluation should include supervisors reviewing this individualized student achievement data and assessing the success of an educator through their student's learning.

It not only pulls together a range of datasets on each student, it then enables teachers to find skill level - and subject matter - appropriate content through Gooru and continuously assess student learning with LinkIt.

Students who wish to pursue an online education through Ozarka College can first take a self - assessment survey to assess their readiness for online learning.

Math Tutor ABC SCHOOL, De Soto, MO (6/2008 to Present) • Comprehend each students» individual needs for understanding complex mathematical concepts • Thoroughly go through existing mathematics curriculum and create supportive lesson plans • Implement lesson plans to groups of students by concentrating on their individual abilities • Assist students in understanding how technology can be used to effectively utilize campus resources • Promote a classroom environment that is safe and conducive to learning and instruction • Develop instructional materials to help students understand the concepts of mathematics easily • Conduct ongoing assessments to determine students» adaptability to classroom environments • Encourage parental involvement in students» education and ensure that appropriate and effective communication is maintained with parents • Assess curriculum suitability and make changes to the mathematics curriculum to suit the individual needs of students • Assist students in understanding concepts and handling class assignments • Plan, create and administer tests and ensure that they are graded according to the grade sheets provided by the school • Create and maintain records of students in a confidential manner

In 2015 - 2016 Virginia used the Standards of Learning (SOL) tests to assess students in reading and math in grades 3 through 8, writing in grades 5 and 8, and science in grades 3, 5 and 8.