5 Ways To See If Your Students Are Learning

I recently wrote a reflection on a prompt given by our middle school director on how I know students are learning.  He’s followed up and given us a couple articles to read.  I reflected on what I felt I was already doing, what I’ve done before but stopped, and what I should start doing.

The first article was an excerpt from Checking For Understanding by Fisher & Frey.  The second article was the New York Times article Why Flunking Exams Is Actually A Good Thing by Benedict Carey.

This entry is on the first article.

Checking For Understanding by Fisher & Frey

The article speaks to how we see if our students have learned through the following means:

• oral language
• questioning
• writing
• projects & performances
• tests

Oral Langauge

I am using think-pair-share continuously throughout the day; I pose problems, have students answer it independently, share with their partner, and then hear…