Hostile Attack Zone: Are You Prepared?
Objective
Teachers will be able to identify and plan to implement strategies to help students engage with content and activities in an independent working environment.
Hostile Attack Zone Directions
After reading the objective above, explore the videos, information, and research behind the use of exemplars, anchor charts, and rubrics to help students engage with content in a meaningful way.
How and why we use exemplars, anchor charts, and rubrics is explained using videos and data to provide a solid reason for creating these for use in your classroom.
When you have finished reviewing the content on these pages, complete the reflection question in your Zombie Survival Guide.
Independent practice is a key part of the instructional process. Students need the practice using the skills and strategies that they have learned during the lesson. Some students may still need supports to be able to complete tasks in the independent setting. Providing supports for students can help move them to mastery of the standards.
Visible Learning: The Sequel
A Synthesis of Over 2,100 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement
student frustration
When planning independent learning for students, teachers want to provide a gentle nudge for students to think and work with skills and strategies at a higher level. Students need supports to be able to problem solve independently. Without supports, students become frustrated. Frustration has a negative impact on student achievement.
Teacher-student dependency
Independence is the key to mastery. Students need to see that they can use the skills and strategies that they have learned in the classroom on their own to complete rigorous tasks. Supports that enable them to be independent are vital to this process. When students are dependent on the teacher to support them in their work, this causes a negative impact on their achievement.
Hostile Attack zone Reflection
Thinking about the activities that were presented in this section, what is one activity you would like to implement or continue in your classroom? What would or does this look like in your room? How would this or does this impact student performance?