Displaying student work.
Showcasing a class project. Whole-school exhibitions. |
Put the students in charge of the traditional parent-teacher conference.
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Present learning to a panel with artifacts and evidence to back it up.
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Grade 7 teacher Andrew Burnett has been experimenting with promoting student accountability by having a classroom without grades. Of course, he is still required to submit a grade for the official school report card, which puts him in a quandary. How can he apply current research about feedback vs. grades while still playing by the rules?
He has developed a system of assessments that put the assessment power back into the hands of his students, creating eager learners who drive their own learning and clearly understand what their achievement translates to on a formal scale. His assessments include sharing the curriculum standards/expectations, "show me what you can do" assessments, feedback on tests, opportunities for retakes, student self-assessments for them to articulate where they are in the learning the standards, and student conferences to determine final grades. Jump over to his blog post on creating a gradeless math classroom for details, including a video of a student conference. |
Here are a few ideas of digital platforms students can use to collect their work in a digital portfolio:
Electronic notebook: Personal website: One-page collection: (link to work published in other places) Student blog: (class blogging tool) Paper:
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