I am trying to start this school year off on a positive note and a reflective note. I am working towards making my geography classes a place where students learn to be self-regulated learners and learn how to question the world around them.
This year is step one so my goal is to pre-test each unit and then have the students reflect on where they are at based on the course learning objectives and success criteria. Then we will go through the unit and when they complete their post-test they will compare their pre-test results with the post-test results, reflect, and chart their growth. Eventually I want to add in the concept of learning contracts and see what students really need to work on. I have a problem where sometimes I try to take on too much at one time so I am really going to work on going slow with this process and do it right.
My biggest hurdle right now is how to evaluate growth. I am thinking that I need a rubric, but I am not sure what that rubric should look like. Do I need a different rubric for each unit or each standard? This is where I am currently stuck and working towards right now along with all of my other back to school work of course.
This year is step one so my goal is to pre-test each unit and then have the students reflect on where they are at based on the course learning objectives and success criteria. Then we will go through the unit and when they complete their post-test they will compare their pre-test results with the post-test results, reflect, and chart their growth. Eventually I want to add in the concept of learning contracts and see what students really need to work on. I have a problem where sometimes I try to take on too much at one time so I am really going to work on going slow with this process and do it right.
My biggest hurdle right now is how to evaluate growth. I am thinking that I need a rubric, but I am not sure what that rubric should look like. Do I need a different rubric for each unit or each standard? This is where I am currently stuck and working towards right now along with all of my other back to school work of course.