Learning Targets Helping Students Aim for Understanding in Today's Lesson

Name: Learning Targets Helping Students Aim for Understanding in Today's Lesson
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ISBN: 9781416614418

ISBN-10: 1416614419

ISBN-13: 9781416614418

Edition: 2012

Authors: Connie M. Moss, Susan M. Brookhart

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In Learning Targets, Connie M. Moss and Susan M. Brookhart contend that improving student learning and achievement happens in the immediacy of an individual lesson--what they call "today's lesson"--or it doesn't happen at all. The key to making today's lesson meaningful? Learning targets. Written from students' point of view, a learning target describes a lesson-sized chunk of infor¬mation and skills that students will come to know deeply. Each lesson's learning target connects to the next lesson's target, enabling students to master a coher¬ent series of challenges that ultimately lead to important curricular standards. Drawing from the authors' extensive research and professional learning…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Association for Supervision & Curriculum Development
Publication date: 7/30/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 220
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: Why Should We Pursue Learning Targets?



Learning Targets: A Theory of Action



How to Design Learning Targets



Sharing Learning Targets with Students



Using Learning Targets to Feed Learning Forward



Developing Assessment-Capable Students



Using Learning Targets to Differentiate Instruction



Using Learning Targets to Foster Higher-Order Thinking



Using Learning Targets to Guide Summative Assessment and Grading



A Learning Target Theory of Action and Educational Leadership: Building a Culture of Evidence


Action Tools


Download Instructions



Understanding Learning Targets



Learning Target Classroom Walk-Through Guide



Learning Target Lesson-Planning Process Guide



Teacher Self-Assessment Targets and Look-Fors Guide



Student Self-Assessment and Intentional Learning Guide



No More "Garbage In, Garbage Out": Understanding Connections Among Instruction, Assessment, and Grading


Glossary


References


Index


About the Authors