A) TO ENABLE CONTINUOUS/FREQUENT FEEDBACK BETWEEN YOU AND THE STUDENTS.
Informal
*Daily journaling/reflection maintained providing two-way communication between students and teacher.
*Daily teacher monitoring
Formal
*Student daily log of lesson steps accomplished compared to timeline given by teacher.
*Rubric of product/project
How do selected tools support learning goals?
Through student written communication students are able to verbalize in their own words their feelings/thoughts about the project, working in a group, and their progress. The daily log helps the students monitor their own progress in the project. These forms of assessments allow students to be accountable for their actions or non-actions.
Teacher monitoring allows for student support and helping to keep students on task.
Product evaluation not only allows for teacher evaluation, but also for peer evaluation.
B) TO ENCOURAGE THE STUDENTS TO REFLECT ON THEIR LEARNING PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT
Informal
*Daily journaling/reflection maintained providing two-way communication between students and teacher.
*Group discussions
Formal
*Student daily log of steps accomplished in the lesson compared to timeline given by teacher.
How do selected tools support learning goals?
Group discussions allow students to evaluate themselves and one another in their group project.
Daily journaling allows the students to reflect their own progress within the group allowing the teacher to monitor and give important feedback to the students.
Daily logs allow the students to check their progress compared to the teacher’s timeline.
C) TO DETERMINE STUDENTS’ LEARNING PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENT
Informal
*Daily teacher monitoring
*Daily journaling/reflection maintained providing two-way communication between students and teacher.
*Group Discussions
Formal
*Rubric
*Product evaluation, by teacher, student, and peers
*Oral Presentation Evaluation
How do selected tools support learning goals?
Teacher monitoring and daily journaling/reflection providing two-way communication between students and teacher allows the students to stay on track.
The rubrics, product evaluations, and presentation evaluations allow the students to understand how they performed or comprehended the lesson.