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Fall 2017 TLC: Instructional Design to Maximize Student Learning - Activity 5 Resources

Course leader:
SEED Team

Teacher Quality Standards

  • QS I: Teachers demonstrate mastery of and pedagogical expertise in the content they teach.
    • Element A: Teachers provide instruction that is aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards and their district’s organized plan of instruction.

Students as Leaders of Their Own Learning

Teacher Quality Standard 1A says that in order for a teacher to be rated at a level 4 or 5 students must “demonstrates new skills based on standards” and “can provide a purposeful connection to standards in their own words.” In this activity, you will explore ways for students increase ownership of learning by reflecting on, articulating, and demonstrating their learning.

Resources

Don't Leave Learning Up to Chance: Framing and Reflection

This article is focused on maker education and has important applications for any kind of hands-on learning experience. It encourages teachers to frame lessons with goals and engage students in reflecting on those goals to make hands-on learning experiences meaningful.

Why Student-Engaged Assessment Matters

In this excerpt of Leaders of Their Own Learning, the value of Student-Engaged Assessment is discussed in terms of increasing student motivation and ownership, fostering reflection and engaging families.  

Using a Learning Progression to Help Students Work Towards Clear Goals

In this 11 minute video the Teacher's College Writing Project shows a way to help students improve their informational writing by using learning progressions.  The example is from a K-2 classroom, but could be applied to almost any level and subject.  

Beyond Working Hard: What Growth Mindset Teaches Us About our brains

Growth mindset is revealed to be much more than a catchphrase in this short article.

 

Highlighting Mistakes: A Grading Strategy

This seven-minute video show how teacher Leah Alcala moved from assigning grades to highlighting errors on the test.  In this video, she shares how this has shifted students' focus to learning from mistakes.