Indicators of Student Learning
Learners:
- Ask Questions of themselves and others
- Self –correct
- Display an ‘Aha’ moment
- Are able to explain their learning to someone else
- Connect their understanding to previous understanding
- Can perform the skill or learning automatically
- Apply their learning to new situations
- Show growth toward mastery
- Perform the designated learning task
- Support/defend the position/idea (accurately)
- Express understanding in multiple ways
- Have a desire to be challenged further
- Use the language of the discipline
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Instructional Indicators for Student Learning
Teachers Organize Classroom Experiences Using a Variety of Group Strategies:
Groups:
- Large groups
- Small groups (more than 3)
- Pairs
- Triads
- Achievement
- Skill
- Ability
- Gender
- Student Choice
- Student Topical Interests
Teachers Organize the Physical Environment to Contain Models, Exemplars and Learning Agenda
Teachers Create Classroom Layouts That are Flexible
- Desks grouped
- Circles
- Rows
- Clear line of View
- Student seating assignment is purposeful
- Teachers provide students access to effective tools to enhance learning
Teachers Consistently Select a Variety of Teaching Strategies Teachers:
- Act as facilitators
- Promote active learning for each student
- Show students the bigger picture of why it’s important to know what they are being taught
- Use a variety of methods to encourage their students to demonstrate their understanding in multiple ways
- Ask questions rather than lecture/prompt students rather than answering for students
- Direct students to listen and respond to each other’s thinking
- Utilize strategies/questions that help students make connections at increasingly complex levels
- Utilize wait time
- Help students to rephrase learning or other students’ thinking
- Ask students to explain, judge their own thinking/strategies
- Integrate technology into lessons
Teachers Apply Consistent Expectations (Academic/behavior, routines)
Teachers Use Their Passion/Expertise of Subject to Engage Students
Teachers Have Knowledge of Student Performance/Instructional Needs
- Use informal/formal assessment data (frequently) to adjust teaching strategies
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