Jackpot!

Nurturing Student Investment Through Assessment (An actionable plan for increasing student engagement)

Nicole Dimich, Cassandra Erkens, Tom Schimmer

• Publisher: Solution Tree Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781943874811
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Éducation
• Subtopic: Évaluation dans le domaine de l'éducation

An age-old question universal to all teachers is "How do we get our students to care about their learning?" Jackpot! delivers actionable strategies to achieve that most important outcome of assessment—student investment. Not only does the book offer tools you can use, but it also addresses the mindset shift necessary for teachers to set students up for success as partners in their own learning.

Classroom teachers will:

• Explore case studies covering a wide range of classroom experiences
• Gain access to many different tools to successfully orient a growth mindset toward assessment
• Understand the ideas behind successful assessment and how to put it into practice
• Utilize sample charts to better direct the course of learning improvements
• Reflect on personal classroom experiences and ways to improve
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  Contents:
  Acknowledgments
  Table of Contents
  About the Authors
  Introduction
  Chapter 1: Hope, Efficacy, and Achievement in a Learning Culture
  Chapter 2: Assessment Purpose
  Chapter 3: Assessment Architecture
  Chapter 4: Interpretation of Results
  Chapter 5: Communication
  Chapter 6: Instructional Agility
  Epilogue
  References and Resources
  Index