Developing self-regulated learners through teacher research and innovation Rationales KIS International School, together with the KIS community, developed a 5-year strategic plan which runs from 2015-2020. One of our goals is to further develop the programmes to support and meet the needs of all students in preparation for them to be proud of themselves and their …
Wonder Day Inquiry Are you looking for some inquiry project examples? Do you sometimes feel that the curriculum is so crowded that students do not have time to conduct an inquiry project? Are you trying to allocate time to increase student autonomy and agency? This upcoming Friday, March 15, there will be 11 teachers out …
Are you looking for a creative way for students to demonstrate their thinking creatively? Analogy Prompt is an excellent strategy. Analogy prompt is a great strategy to help learners make sense of critical information and paint a picture of an important concept. I like to use analogy prompt in my teaching and teacher training workshops. …
Learning by sharing I received an email from a language acquisition teacher a few days ago. She inquired about the possibility to exchange unit planners. She is the only language acquisition teacher at school and doesn’t have anyone to build language acquisition unit plans collectively. What a great idea! Language acquisition teachers are sometimes the …
Are our feedback comprehensible to students? Constructive and supportive feedback is an essential part of our personal growth. Feedback is only useful when receivers can understand the message and feel motivated to take actions to improve their performance. In my opinion, effective feedback should be an interactive process that involves “comprehensible input” in order for self-regulated learning …
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EPIC goal setting I was taking a video online course conducted by @tonyvincent in July. The topic of the week was how to narrate effectively and we were asked to create a narrated slideshow by using Adobe Spark. I have been working with MYP grade 10 students closely in the past few years to support their personal …
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