This short but informative article looks at what students need to become Assessment Capable Learners.
This is a collection of excellent articles related to assessment best practices and using assessments as a tool to empower students.
Socratic seminars are a democratic, student-centered, approach to class discussions. They can be used at any grade level with any subject area. In a Socratic Seminar, members meet in a circle and share their insights. Participants do not raise their hands or call on names. Because there’s no discussion leader, each member can comment or ask follow-up questions to one another. This approach can be empowering for participants because they own the conversation. Unlike a typical class discussion, the conversation moves fluidly back and forth rather than having to go through the teacher.
This article outlines several approaches to conducting a Socratic Seminar:
- The Giant Circle Approach
- The “Fish Bowl” Approach
- The Round Table Approach
- The Scattered Approach
- Multiple Seminars
- Online/Offline Seminars
The author also provides a sample of how to run a Socratic Seminar and tips for ensuring that all students can participate.
With ideas from EfficienTEACH you can teach better and save time for what matters most.
This project provides you with research-based teaching practices you can use in class tomorrow to save time AND teach better.
Explore ideas to help you with:
- student engagement
- communication
- memorization
- practice/activities
- assessment
- material/content
- feedback
- routines and habits
- discussion
- teacher tasks
- reflection
- community and relationships
- lesson planning
- teacher wellness
This webinar will explore best practices around feedback and how it can best be utilized to impact student learning.
Presented by John Almarode, Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey.
This resource includes great assessment tips for Kindergarten to Grade 5 for in-class assessment as well as ideas for teachers who are providing remote learning to their students. We Are Teachers is a tremendous place to find ots of wonderful teaching resources in all areas for all grade levels. Check it out the complete site at: https://www.weareteachers.com/
As we prepare for the fall 2020 re-entry to school, in thinking about specifically supporting learning, we have developed the “Sun West Return to Learn Process”. This process reminds us of the best practices we already implement in our schools, continues to reinforce our PeBL philosophy and will help us work together to achieve “Success for ALL learners”.This resource includes curated lists of on demand professional learning opportunities & resources connected to each of the 5 elements included in the Sun West Return to Learn 2020 Process.