Mind Frame 1
Directions
Read about Mind Frame 1. After you have read about the mind frame, complete the activity at the bottom of the page in your Zombie Survival Guide.
Mind Frame 1: Teachers believe that their fundamental task is to evaluate the effect of their teaching on students' learning and achievement.
Key Question: Are our practices bringing out the best in our students?
Guiding Questions: Where am I going? How am I going there? Where to next?
This mind frame involves evaluating the impact of the lessons on the students in the classroom. This involves looking at what the teacher is doing, what the students are doing, and seeing the learning through the eyes of the students. The evaluation of the teacher's actions on what the student does and how the teacher responds to the students' actions in the classroom work together to create excellent teaching in the classroom.
Deep Dive Questions for Teachers
How do I know that this is working?
How can I compare "this" with "that"?
What is the merit and worth of this influence on learning?
What is the magnitude of the effect?
What evidence would convince me that I was wrong in using these methods and resources?
Where is the evidence that shows that this is superior to other programs?
Where have I seen this practice installed where it has produced effective results?
Do I share a common conception of progress with other teachers?
Visible Learning: The Sequel
A Synthesis of Over 2,100 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement
Formative evaluation of students
Feedback collected and used to provide additional instruction to students is best if it is given in a cycle. The cycle requires teachers to think, reflect, be enthusiastic, passionate, and knowledgeable about the impact that their teaching is having on the students. When formative evaluations are completed in this way, the benefits are seen in all age groups and special needs categories.
Zombie Survival Guide
Open your survival guide and find the Mind Frames Reflection area.
Write the one word that you would use to describe Mind Frame 1.