Not exact matches
MetWest
incorporates personalized learning, project - based learning, and
authentic assessments in a supportive environment.
Teachers are asked to have lessons that are engaging and relevant, cross-curricular, focus on 21st century skills, differentiate learning,
incorporate non-fiction reading and writing and provide an
authentic assessment of their students understanding.
The digital content includes multiple formative and summative
assessments, prescriptive pretests, and
authentic assessments that elicit higher - order thinking; opportunities to reflect on learning and interactive skill
assessments should be
incorporated.
Our book offers tips for teachers who want to make small but powerful changes to their own classroom policies, such as changes to the kind of homework assigned and how much it is worth, test correction and revision policies,
incorporating more real - world, project - based learning and
authentic assessments, and how to foster more positive teacher - student relationships.
This experience demonstrates several of the district's philosophical underpinnings: designing activities and
assessments that require students to
incorporate essential 21st century skills, allowing students to work on clearly defined tasks with clear expectations, conducting group work that requires true intellectual collaboration, and having an
authentic audience for learners beyond the teacher or the proverbial refrigerator door.