Benchmark Homework: Best Practices in Student Self-Assessment
For this homework, take on the role of an elementary level teacher at a K-5 school. Your principal has noticed how well you communicate learning objectives, guide students to set individual goals, and guide students to self-regulate and track their progress across multiple content areas. Because of your successes using these best practices, your principal has asked you to present best practices to fellow teachers across all content areas in an upcoming professional development.
Part I: Best Practices Presentation
Create a 10 to 12 slides digital presentation to present to your teacher colleagues describing evidence-based instructional practices related to the self-regulation cycle, including goal setting, communicating learning objectives, monitoring student progress, providing effective feedback, and promoting self-regulation across multiple content areas.
The presentation should include the following components:
1. How to communicate the unit or lesson learning objectives to students, and how they will be measured on their performance of those objectives
2. How to encourage students' motivation and engagement through the use of technology and other strategies, creating opportunities for students' active participation in learning, self-motivation, and positive social interaction
3. How to continuously monitor student progress to provide effective, descriptive feedback across multiple content areas
4. How to work with students to collaboratively establish learning goals, identify quality work, and analyze their assessment results across multiple content areas.
5. Title slide, reference slide, and presenter's notes.
Part II: Reflection
In 250 to 500 words, summarize and examine the process of implementing best practices in encouraging self-regulation, setting goals, communicating objectives, monitoring progress, and providing effective feedback.
Consider the following questions:
1. How can you use students' performance data to guide and engage students in thinking and learning?
2. How does the assessment data inform future instructional planning based on identified learning gaps and patterns?
3. How does planning for students to engage in the self-regulation cycle influence students' confidence in learning independently and taking ownership of their academic progress?
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.