Assessment

Developing Self-regulating Learners through a Systematic Formative Feedback Process

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Why did I conduct this action research? Professor Hattie’s research emphasizes the learners’ engagement with the feedback process and its role in developing assessment-capable learners who are able to regulate their own learning. Hattie notes that developing assessment capable students who know the learning intention for what is being taught can describe where they are […]

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Critical Reflection through Prompt Questions

Reflective Writing Guide

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This post is writing to introduce a reflection protocol: What? So What? Now what? to promote student reflection and critical thinking. Critical Self-reflection How do we guide students to reflect critically? I have been researching this question and hope to increase high-level thinking of my students. I have observed that my students’ reflections were superficial

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GRASPS Assessment Design and Student Metacognition

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The WHY of GRASPS assessment design GRASPS is a model advocated for by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe to guide teachers in designing authentic performance-based assessment. It’s a form of assessment that engages learners to employ their thinking skills and demonstrate application of essential knowledge, conceptual understanding, and skills acquired throughout a unit of learning. 

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Sanity-Saving Feedback Strategies

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Feedback Principles Since we launched the Formative and Feedback Project at KIS in 2017, we received positive responses from teachers, students, and parents. Teachers and students have not only become more intentional about summative and formative assessment design but also enhanced their understanding of the assessment criteria. Students are involved in setting their own learning goals and

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IB Hong Kong Conference 2019

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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

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