Personalized learning is what happens when the teacher provides groups and individuals with accommodations and customization but the learners help drive their own learning. (Welchel 30)
1. Knowing your learners
2. Allowing voice and choice
3. Implementing flexibility
4. Using data
5. Integrating technology
■ Self-reported grades (1.33): Teachers get to know learners by learning what the students’ expectations are, and then working with the students to exceed them
■ Teacher clarity (.75): Teachers provide a clear explanation about what is expected of students (goals and success criteria) before providing instruction
■ Feedback (.70): Teachers providing immediate feedback, which aligns very closely with formative assessment, to learners to maximize student learning; this also includes feedback from the student to the teacher
■ Students get a chance to really assess themselves and think critically about what they think they need. Self-assessing is very good for development.
■ When a teacher gives clear goals and explanations students know exactly what the teacher is looking for in their work. Students can be held or hold themselves accountable for these goals.
■ Feeback makes people grow. Detailed feedback, telling a student exactly what they need to work on and what they did well helps the student grow in more ways than one.