Some studies in both Massachusetts and New York City have found that a «No Excuses» educational approach — characterized by mandated intensive tutoring, longer instruction times,
frequent teacher feedback, strict disciplinary policies, and high expectations for students — is a common feature among charter schools with the biggest positive effects (however, the most effective of these schools are located in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods, making it difficult to disentangle whether this is due to the No Excuses approach or sub-par public school alternatives).
As discussed, consistency and
frequent teacher feedback is key to ensuring that homework is effective in securing progress for all students.
Noble network schools follow key practices and principles typically associated with the no - excuses approach:
frequent teacher feedback, data - driven instruction, high - dosage tutoring, increased instructional time, and high expectations.
Not exact matches
In personalized learning environments, students theoretically have access to ample,
frequent, and actionable
feedback from multiple sources, including content, peers, and
teachers.
Frequent observations and
feedback help
teachers view the administrator as a colleague, an ally, and a valuable instructional improvement coach.
Frequent feedback enables
teachers to adapt their instruction to target students» learning needs, while providing students with information to develop their work.
To date I have discerned that the main way gamification reshapes learning is by permitting learners to set and understand their own goals; by re-defining failure; and by changing
feedback to be fair,
frequent, granular, and not fully contingent on the
teacher.
Focusing on secondary level education,
frequent feedback from
teachers on shorter homework tasks has a larger impact upon progress, open - ended projects require time and have a lower effect on overall progress.
Our intuitive, web - based project - management tool gives
teachers the ability to facilitate
frequent, informative
feedback loops, validate learning standards and outcome completion, create authentic student portfolios, and manage online learning rubrics (including self - assessment rubrics that students complete).
This study found that when
teachers and principals received more
frequent feedback with ratings, there was a positive impact on
teachers» classroom practice, principal leadership, and student achievement.
Notably, peer tutoring is a low - cost instructional method and can give students more
frequent feedback about their progress than
teachers can provide for all students.
Observation and
feedback activities during field experiences were
frequent and first - year
teachers engaged in a variety of instructional activities.
Using peer coaches (
teacher pairs who observe in each other's classrooms) is one way to provide
frequent job - embedded professional development that uses nonthreatening
feedback.
Ann Schulte, associate professor at California State University, Chico, says that preparation programs should be focused on working with and assessing
teacher candidates in the field, so they receive
frequent observations and
feedback during their student teaching experiences from someone with extensive knowledge of their abilities and classrooms.
Provide high - quality instructional coaching with
frequent and scheduled
teacher observations, actionable
feedback, and accountability for adjustment in practice
Among these factors were building collaboration and trust by protecting time for
teachers to work together and developing a team - oriented culture; making teaching public by opening classroom doors and engaging in
frequent observation,
feedback, and support; and persisting in improvement efforts by celebrating progress and overcoming inevitable setbacks.
Whether you call it «mastery learning» or just «learning,»
frequent formatives give both students and
teachers rapid
feedback free from the stress of a summative exam that will count towards a final grade.
Young
teachers today say that they are less motivated than previous generations by a career in which their work responsibilities do not change over the course of their employment.16 Moreover, young
teachers want to receive
frequent feedback on their teaching, and they want to be rewarded for proving their ability to help students learn.17 Career pathways can provide young
teachers with the
feedback and mentorship that they report are lacking.18 Additional pathways can provide opportunities for these
teachers to grow and excel, which is critical in order to increase student achievement and retain great
teachers.
In a study of three districts using standards - based evaluation systems, researchers found significant relationships between
teachers» ratings and their students» gain scores on standardized tests, and evidence that
teachers» practice improved as they were given
frequent feedback in relation to the standards.
[7] Other researchers developed a model to predict this variation and found that five policies, including «
frequent feedback to
teachers, the use of data to guide instruction, high - dosage tutoring, increased instructional time, and high expectations», explain approximately 50 percent of the variation in school effectiveness.
Kreeft - Peyton defines supportive contexts as those characterized by: (1) «
frequent opportunities to write, (2) rich language input from the
teacher, and (3)
teacher feedback focused primarily on content» (p. 195).
Accordingly,
teachers, also as per the research, seem to appreciate and enjoy the additional and more
frequent / useful
feedback and discussions about their practice, as increasingly offered.
The
teacher also provides
frequent and specific
feedback by using diagnostic, formative tests, as well as regularly correcting mistakes students make along their learning path.
Instructional coaches will be assigned to each
teacher and will meet with them virtually to give them
frequent feedback.
A
teacher who shares curriculum objectives, lessons plans, incorporates project - based learning (projects involving other apps such as iMovie, Book Creator, Explain Everything, Chatter Pix, Google Docs, etc.) and provides
frequent student
feedback via Seesaw can meet the indicators that fall under:
Then,
frequent self - assessments provide students (and
teachers) with continual access to descriptive
feedback in amounts they can manage effectively without being overwhelmed.