Successful Students use Success Criteria Teacher Inquiry

Teacher Inquiry FocusStudents developing Success Criteria

Justification:

• Observation about student learning behaviour• Need for secondary school• Making tasks manageable

• Measuring success

Target GroupYear 8 Boys

Justification for Target Group• Thought they knew and what they could do

• Ability to create next steps• Manageability of breaking learning down

• Using exemplars to help

Baseline Data

Conducted a survey Asked students to write success criteria for an argument

March April

March November

THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010

I then gave them a task as follows:Write the success criteria for an argument to encourage the Government to make Cellphone usage free.

Here is an example of the success criteria I was given:

Success Criteria for free internet:• Write a good argument to why the government should let the internet to be free.• How would it affect other people worldwide?• How would the people who had internet and was paying it feel if the internet was now free would they ask for their money back.• Give a variety of question’s why it should be free.

S.C for iPods at schoolIntroduction-State your point of view are you for or against the argument, Main IdeasBody- Different reason for each paragraph, Why is it importantConclusion-Restate your point of view/side of the fence

Should iPods be on the stationary list SC:IntroductionState point of view-iPods shouldn’t be on the stationary listSay main points-Distraction, Inappropriate contentBodyDistraction-stops work from being doneInappropriate content-might have inappropriate songs/videosConclusionRecap main points- Distraction, Inappropriate contentRestate point of view- iPods should not be on the stationary list

November

Changes in Teaching Practice

• Think, Pair Share before coming into classroom discussion• Explicit Teaching of smaller concepts• Explicit Models• Using the language

Next Steps:• Infuse in all learning areas• Breaking down of the Matrix for students• Effective feedback from Teacher to Students and Student to

student

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