Feedback is the Hinge
Feedback Is the Hinge Instructionally, we established a goal to respond to student needs by improving student engagement and student achievement. In shifting our focus from assessing students to assessment for student learning, we have been exploring 3 ways of encouraging student assessment: Self-assessment : students evaluate and/or use metacognitive strategies, seek information and ways to correct learning, and creating self-teaching and self-regulating situations. Peer learning : we recognize that learning should be a social process, we seek ways for students to clarify information and processing with peers. Teacher interactions: teachers will provide opportunities for student interactions with content, learning intentions and other students; they will design re-teaching opportunities and provide opportunities for students to correct assignments and assessments. In Feedback: The Hinge that Joins Teaching and Learning, Jane Pollock asserts that feedback, especially ...