Anne Davies and Sandra Herbst: From Reporting to Informing: Students and the Language o... - 0 views
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Amanda Bond on 09 May 14He talked about one of the projects in New Zealand where they have been working to support schools to accelerate learning through using assessment in the service of learning and shared this video link. Notice the student's role in helping his parents know where he is in his learning and how they can help him learn. At one point the student talks about his responsibility to inform parents using evidence, "…anything to kind of prove, yes I can do this. This is an example of how I've done it." Michael Absolum summarized by noting that they saw a significant shift occurring when students were able to articulate the important ideas - when they could inform others about their learning.