Both questions are important, but focusing on the first without examining the second disadvantages students who don't test well and yields an incomplete
picture of student learning.
Using a variety of assessment measures provides a fuller
picture of student learning than test scores alone.
The consortium is developing a new accountability model that offers a more dynamic
picture of student learning and school quality and provides more meaningful and actionable information to teachers than can a model that relies largely upon a standardized test.
Making judgments about student learning and school quality based on a body of work — a select number of pieces of student work from a number of assessments within a given discipline, provides a much richer and more accurate
picture of student learning than a single, disconnected standardized test.
Using data triangulation — the process of using at least three data points to inform educational decision making — is one way to ensure a more complete
picture of student learning.
Test makers in multiple corners are creating more complex assessments, ones that, if tied more closely to curriculum and instruction, could paint a clearer
picture of student learning.
The NEPC report paints a dismal
picture of student learning at K12 - operated schools, but the fatal flaw of the report is that the measures of «performance» it employs are based primarily on outcomes such as test scores that may reveal more about student background than about the quality of the school, and on inappropriate comparisons between virtual schools and all schools in the same state.
Not exact matches
Visual teaching by way
of describing through maps, charts,
pictures, flash cards, board game etc and making the
student learn through playing with dices, pointing the correct words etc..
The ideal
picture in my head was filled with highly productive
students, living up to every ounce
of their potential with the ambient noise lead them to that
learning space.
If you are not familiar with this model, it is a great way for
students to develop a full
picture of newly
learned vocabulary words.
Among the findings: (1) art activities can be integrated into classroom content and used to encourage rehearsal - type activities (such as songs) that incorporate relevant subject matter, (2) incorporating information into story, poem, song, or art form may place the knowledge in context, which can help
students remember it, especially if the
students are creating art that relates subject matter to themselves, (3) through artistic activities like writing a story or creating a drawing,
students generate information they might otherwise have simply read, which will very likely lead to better long - term retention
of that information, (4) physically acting out material, such as in a play, helps learners recall information, (5) speaking words aloud results in better retention than reading words in silence, (6) increasing the amount
of effort involved in
learning new information (such as being asked to discern meaning from an ambiguous sentence or to interpret a work
of art) is positively associated with its retention, (7) emotionally charged content is easier to remember than content linked to events that are emotionally neutral, and (8) information presented as
pictures is retained better than the same information presented as words.
For example, when
students create stories,
pictures, or other nonverbal expressions
of the content they are
learning — a process researchers call elaboration — they are also helping to better embed the information.
The
students would will enable you to build a
picture of their
learning and as such assess full areas they need to work on to improve.
In other words, the curriculum is developed not simply as a top - down specification
of what somebody believes
students in a particular year
of school should be
learning, but as a description and
picture of how long - term progress in an area
of learning typically occurs in practice.
The curriculum: An alternative to viewing the curriculum as a specification
of what teachers are to teach and all
students are to
learn in each year
of school (that is, an identified body
of content) is to view the curriculum as a roadmap — a
picture of what long - term progress in an area
of learning looks like.
It's hard to talk about «personalization» if the
student feels no innate connection to the goal, and too many «personalized» classrooms short - change this bigger
picture (hence the anti-engineering side of the personalized learning spectrum: Big Picture Lea
picture (hence the anti-engineering side
of the personalized
learning spectrum: Big Picture Le
learning spectrum: Big
Picture Lea
Picture LearningLearning).
Then ask
students to visit The CyberZoomobile and draw a
picture of a wolf based on the information they
learn there.
I spent the last weeks
of summer dipping into my own pocket to make sure that my classroom was beautifully appointed with
pictures, posters, and various sundry
learning tools; and that my bulletin boards stood at the ready — waiting to showcase the brilliance that was sure to emerge from my
students in those early months
of the school year.
Westerberg: Time should be provided for teachers to get together at the course or department level on a regular basis to identify big -
picture course
learning goals, rubrics, or scoring guides that delineate expected
student performance standards; that is, what good work looks like for each goal, and common assessment items or tasks that evaluate
student performance vis — vis key elements
of each rubric.
Students took notes on a PowerPoint presentation about the American Revolution using the note - taking skills we
learned from Doodle Revolution about the power
of doodling
pictures into our notes to retain information.
The Spanish language
learning package resources include: * 26 fun songs with lyrics covering typical topics
of the curriculum * 26 videos featuring songs with subtitles and
pictures * 26 worksheets with 3 - 5 grammar and vocabulary exercises per song * 1 key to the worksheets * Lyrics and language teaching tips * Topics for beginner / advanced / GCSE
students alike
Everything is anonymous, but the stories give a clear
picture of what its like to
learn through trial and error in front
of a class full
of students.
This is a series
of powerpoints 5 lessons for
students to
learn to paint a Cubist painting using a celebrity
picture and complementary colours.
You do that through statistical procedure where you're basically taking the kids who show up at a teacher's doorstep and getting all the information that you can about them: their incoming tests, their poverty level, demographics, identification for special needs, etc., and trying to statistically factor those things out so that you are left with a clear
picture of what teachers are contributing to
student learning gains.
Students make up two large letters in pencil crayons
learning to draw stylising their own
pictures and study a number
of medieval examples
of letters and
learn to elongate and to distort their own
pictures capturing a simple
picture with expression.
Teachers can talk with administrators to determine how
student test scores fit into the overall
picture of evidence for
student learning.
It contains: - a detailed slide with what
students know and what they will
learn - a self - target setting slide - a video as a starter to engage
students with some questions - a matching up activity as a starter with
pictures about jobs - an introduction to the jobs items with repetition - drilling with games (hiding
pictures, missing one, slap the board game)- a reading activity as guess games in pairs - a true / false activity - a grammar point about feminine, masculine words - a team game with
pictures to practice grammar point - a reading with True / False - a word search - a detailed review
of objectives Enjoy!
- Fun games to get the
students to speak in the target language (see explanation under the slide)- A listening activity on what you saw and did not see at the zoo - Vocabulary slides with lovely
pictures - Plenty
of mini-whiteboard games on colours with animals and on opinions about animals - Grammar explanation on negative forms and verbs
of opinion - Several writing activities about your favorite restaurant - Survey activity on likes and dislikes - Translation exercises - A writing activity to use longer sentences and verbs
of opinion + infinitive - Grammar explanation on the partitive with worksheets to practice - Grammar explanation on infinitives and conjugating - er verbs - A lesson on infinitives and how to conjugate - er verbs - A worksheet explaining the steps
of conjugating an - er verb - A fun mime the verb game - A mini-whiteboard game to practise conjugating - er verbs - Grammar explanation on numbers and quantities -
Learn high numbers to be able to give prices and quantities - Mini-whiteboard activities about numbers and quantities - Games with prices - Dialogue worksheets to build up to role - play activity - A number worksheet - Put the dialogue back in order worksheet to help with role - play activity - A grammar explanation
of «il y a» and «il n» y a pas» - Grammar explanation «on peut + infinitive» and other grammar revision - A song with lyrics created and sang by me with a link to the Youtube video - Vocabulary building activities to teach directions - A grammar explanation on the imperative with exercises to practice - A grammar worksheet on the imperative in French - An iPhone activity - A grammar explanation on modal verbs - A grammar explanation
of prepositions with «de» and exercises to practice - A grammar worksheet on prepositions in French I hope you will enjoy my resources and if you have a question on a particular slide or activity, please do not hesitate to contact me or leave me a message.
Guest blogger Joe Hirsch, teacher leader and curriculum developer, describes the jigsaw method
of cooperative
learning and how it naturally builds empathy as
students rely on each other to share pieces
of a bigger
picture.
The New York state early childhood program monitoring protocol, for example, includes cumbersome requirements that don't have a clear connection to improved
student learning — such as a «block building area with an adequate supply
of blocks in varied sizes that is organized and labeled» and a posted daily schedule that is «referenced daily, represented in
pictures and words, and displayed at children's eye level.»
ALL
students of ANY age love
learning Italian with Canti, Ritmi e rime / Each packet includes the music in MP3 form, the scripts
of the chant, cloze exercises (fill in the blank sheet) and other extension exercises such as questions and
pictures for vocabulary practice or flashcards.
Performance measures based on the growth in
student achievement over time, which are only possible with annual testing, provide a fairer, more accurate
picture of schools» contribution to
student learning.
The lesson has a range
of learning activities suitable to different types
of learners; there are video clips to make real the effects
of tropical cyclones, a
picture study task, an interactive task to allow
students to move around the room and share their
learning and there is a numeracy task for those logical mathematical earners.
Students of all ages
learn better with
pictures.
Students will
learn the names
of baby animals by matching animal names and
pictures with the baby names.
At the MET / Big
Picture Company network
of small high schools, for example (see «High School's New Face,» the main component
of every
student's education is the
Learn Through Internships program, in which
students complete authentic projects with the guidance
of expert mentors a minimum
of two days a week.
Students will
learn the names
of animal groups by matching animal names and
pictures with the group names.
The
student it was created for is still in the process
of learning how to read and write, so this basically helps them to associate
pictures with key works in the video.
It is more than a specification
of what
students are expected to
learn; it is a
picture of how
learning occurs in practice, informed by
student performance data.
In this project, English, social studies, science, and / or art
students not only
learn a great deal about the topic they write on and illustrate, they also
learn about the classic components
of good narrative, and why it is unexpectedly challenging to make a publication - worthy
picture book.
Teachers who regularly use formative assessment know its value for capturing an accurate, on - the - fly
picture of how and what
students are
learning.
You may have developed PowerPoint slide show with
pictures from Websites or shown movies to better connect the
learning outcomes while gaining the attention
of your
students.
Journals include writing and reflection pieces, graphic organizers, timelines, charts, drawings, diagrams, vocabulary, maps,
pictures, and anything else that reflects
students»
learning and understanding
of the module topic.
Because
of all this, 100 percent
of the reported grade is based on individual achievement on our critical
learning targets, which, when combined with the audience and peer feedback, paints a detailed
picture of student achievement in multiple aspects.
In this report, we try to answer why this is, and to draw a nuanced
picture of how
learning is affected by
students» use
of technology, how well
students master some new skills that are important in a digital world, and how teachers and schools are integrating ICT into
students»
learning experiences.
«Lighting the Way:
Pictures Help People See from Another Point
of View» A program called Sound Shadows uses photography as a
learning tool — and a revelation — for visually impaired
students (July 2007).
A prerequisite for monitoring long - term
learning progress and meeting individual learners at their points
of need is a
picture of what long - term progress in a
learning domain looks like — in other words, a «map»
of the
learning domain that can be used to establish where
students are in their
learning and against which progress can be tracked.
«Competency - based
learning is the idea that
students are trying to meet certain big -
picture understandings, not complete a bunch
of tasks, jump through a bunch
of hoops, and average a bunch
of scores out,» said Kiza Armour, the school's department coordinator.
After years
of teaching small children, it was clear to Iliana Gutierrez how much good
picture books can do to enhance classroom discussions and improve the
learning experiences
of young
students.
In this lesson,
students learn cause - and - effect relationships through the sharing
of a variety
of Laura Joffe Numeroff
picture books in a Reader's Workshop format.