Self-directed Learning

Sanity-Saving Feedback Strategies

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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Design thinking in MYP personal project

What are students getting out of the personal project? I enjoy tremendously in supporting students in completing their MYP personal projects. Through the process of completing a personal project, I feel the biggest growth that students develop is GRIT. The MYP personal project is essentially a design challenge that engages students in the process of ideation, …

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Inquiry Learning through Wonder Day Project

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 …

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IB Hong Kong Conference 2019

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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Making assessment criteria comprehensible to increase student agency

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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