Clarity for Learning

Five Essential Practices That Empower Students and Teachers

John Almarode, Kara Vandas

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2018
• Print ISBN: 9781506384696
• eBook ISBN: 9781506384719
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Evaluation & Assessment in Education

AN ESSENTIAL RESOURCE FOR STUDENT AND TEACHER CLARITY With the ever-changing landscape of education, teachers and leaders often find themselves searching for clarity in a sea of standards, curriculum resources, and competing priorities. Clarity for Learning offers a simple and doable approach to developing clarity and sharing it with students. Are both teachers and students clear about what must be learned, why students are learning it, and how they can be successful? Are students able to determine their next steps in learning through quality feedback and assessment? Have teachers had the time and support to collaborate around clarity to ensure an aligned approach within your school system? This book offers five powerful practices that include:

• Gaining clarity
• Sharing clarity
• Feedback with clarity
• Assessing with clarity
• Collaborating with clarity

In addition, the book is chock-full of examples from teachers and leaders across North America who have shared their journey, struggles, and successes to provide examples, exemplars, and models for readers to use to propel their own work forward. This is a don't-miss resource!

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• Introduction Clarity in Teaching and Learning
• 1 The Clarity Problem
• 2 Gaining Clarity: Crafting Learning Intentions and Success Criteria
• 3 Gaining Clarity in Action: Voices From the Field
• 4 Sharing Clarity: Co-Constructing Success Criteria With Learners
• 5 Sharing Clarity in Action: Voices From the Field
• 6 Assessing With Clarity: Opportunities to Respond
• 7 Assessing With Clarity in Action: Voices From the Field
• 8 Feedback With Clarity Giving and Receiving Feedback on and for Learning
• 9 Feedback With Clarity in Action: Voices From the Field
• 10 Collaborating for Clarity in Learning
• 11 Collaborating for Clarity in Learning: Voices in Action
• Appendix A Quick Reference
• Appendix B Clarity Self-Assessment
• Afterword
• References
• Index
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