Student Self-Monitoring and Warm/Cool Feedback

Excellence in Education: Student Self-Monitoring

As we’ve expanded our RTI procedures to over 20 students receiving intensive support, I’m proud to say we’re having success! While there are a multitude of reasons for increased student achievement, one that I believe is something that all teachers use in their classes is a form of student self-monitoring. Various research (Hattie, Brookhart, Wiliam, Marzano) all prove that the self-reporting is a high-impact strategy. Simply providing students with structures and tools such as logs, graphs, charts, etc. to reflect on their success equates to higher quality learning. When students are involved in monitoring their own progress, research indicates that they are more attuned to their academic performance and are more engaged in their own learning by developing a growth mindset.

Excellence in Education: Warm & Cool Feedback, Peer Editing of Document-Based Questions

While this video is for World History DBQ’s, it could be applied to any peer-editing process.

Administrative Notes

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Comment Box: http://goo.gl/forms/KAHNoGf5D2

Some upcoming dates:

April 18: Prom

April 30: Honor Breakfast (Top Decile)

May 17: Scholarship Banquet

May 18: Senior Picnic

May 26/27: Senior Exams

May 29 @ 6pm: Graduation

May 29 (full day) and  June 1: Exams (as it stands now)

New Marking Period Dates:

                March 20: End of MP 2

                No ½ days or exams

Some upcoming edcamps (opt-out credit can be earned):

March 21: Edcamp Arlington http://edcamparlington.org/

                    Edcamp RVA (Richmond)

April 18: Edcamp Delaware (Wilmington)

Still waiting for more info about Edcamp MetroDC and Edcamp95 (Virginia/Prince William maybe)

What I’m Reading

Last week I talked about the 2x10 approach for challenging students and several teachers asked about it. Here’s a link for more information.

Recent High School Grads Are Not Prepared for College or Career

Twelve Ways to Empower Student-Driven Learning

Lawmakers Look to Rein In Alternative (Special Education) Diplomas

  

Quote of the Week

Hannel and Hannel (1998, 7), student engagement “should not be optional…. Students come to school to learn, and when they are in school they do not have the right not to learn. Students are undertrained not underbrained.”