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The following includes a brief explanation of Student Checklists, as well as examples of how Student Checklists is being applied in current practice in the VTaL Google+ Community. Included are different aspects of the Practicing Teaching Criteria that links to the use of Student Checklists. There are also references of how Student Checklists connects to the 7 Principles of Learning from the Nature of Learning, published by the OECD Project Innovative Learning Environment.
Student Checklists
Student Checklists
The purpose and benefit of Student Checklists is that students can monitor their own progress within a project or unit of work. Thus, enabling students to forward plan, and understand the steps required to achieve the overall goal of project completion.
The VTaL Visible Teaching and Learning Google+ Community is a public community that is completely visible and accessible to all users.
The section on Student Checklists includes posts that cover a range of topics, such as:
- Senior DigiTech Students discuss the benefits of Student Checklists and Google+ Communities - Hinerau Anderson, DigiTech
- Student Project Checklists to track Student Achievement - Hinerau Anderson, DigiTech
- 2017 Review : Tool 04 - Student Project Checklists - Hinerau Anderson, DigiTech
- Student Project Checklists to track Student Achievement - Hinerau Anderson, DigiTech
Practising Teacher Criteria
Practising Teacher Criteria
The following are various aspects of Practising Teaching Criteria that relates to the use of Student Checklists.
Demonstrate in practice their knowledge and understanding of how ākonga learn
- enable ākonga to make connections between their prior experiences and learning and their current learning activities
- provide opportunities and support for ākonga to engage with, practise and apply new learning to different contexts
- encourage ākonga to take responsibility for their own learning and behaviour
- assist ākonga to think critically about information and ideas and to reflect on their learning
Reflective Questions
Reflective Questions
The following are reflective questions that relates to the use of Student Checklists.
"Students know exactly what evidence is required for each standard or project" "students can monitor their own progress within a project or unit of work"
- Do you use Student Checklists to enable students to monitor their own progress?
- If not, do you use other learning tools to enable students to monitor their own progress?
- Why or how do the Student Checklists or other learning tools meet the learning needs of Ākonga?
- Do these tools align with Visible Teaching and Learning eg. accessible to Ākonga, teaching colleagues, support staff and other professionals, whānau and other carers of ākonga, agencies, groups and individuals in the community?
- What professional development are you undertaking to further develop your understanding and implementation of Student Checklists in teaching and learning programs?
7 Principles of Learning
7 Principles of Learning
The following are different aspects of the 7 Principles of Learning that relates to the use of Tracking Sheets.
The learning environment recognises the learners as its core participants, encourages their active engagement and develops in them an understanding of their own activity as learners.
OECD The Nature of Learning, 2016The learning environment operates with clarity of expectations using assessment strategies consistent with these expectations; there is a strong emphasis on formative feedback to support learning.
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