Monthly Archives: March 2015
Newfound Understandings thus Far
I began at what I could find was the beginning. John Flavell was the first researcher to conceptualize metacognition. He described it as having four components: the first is metacognitive knowledge, the knowledge or the beliefs that we relate to … Continue reading
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Olina, Zane and Sullivan, Howard J. “Student Self-Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, and Learner Performance”.
Olina, Zane and Sullivan, Howard J. (2004).Student Self-Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation, and Learner Performance. Educational Technology Research and Development, 52(3). 5-22. http://www.jstor.org/stable/30220387 This article provided some context for me about self-evaluation and its effectiveness for students. Olina and Sullivan concluded that … Continue reading
Western and Northern Canadian Call for Protocol in Education. “Classroom Assessment with Purpose in Mind”.
This resource was useful as it denoted the three forms of assessment, FOR, AS and OF learning. As a teacher candidate, the differences between the three were clear to me so this helped me find more information on metacognition and … Continue reading
Chappuis, Jan. “How Am I Doing?” (Feedback)
Chappuis, Jan. “How Am I Doing?” Education Leadership. September 2012. 36-40. This article gives concrete strategies for giving feedback. It focuses on transparency in learning, so the students know exactly what is expected of them and where they are in … Continue reading
Murawski, W. W. & Wilshinsky, N. “Teaching Self-Determination to Early Elementary Students: Six-Year-Olds at the Wheel”.
Murawski, W. W. & Wilshinsky, N. (2005) Teaching Self-Determination to Early Elementary Students: Six-Year-Olds at the Wheel. TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 1(5) Article 3. Retrieved from http://escholarship.bc.edu/education/tecplus/vol1/iss5/3 This article was very easy to understand and provided concrete, practical examples of … Continue reading
Anderson, Judy and Gossen, Diane. “Creating Conditions: Leadership for Quality Schools”.
Anderson, Judy and Gossen, Diane. (1995). Creating the Conditions: Leadership for Quality Schools. New View Publications: Chapel Hill, NC. This book puts the psychological theory called Control Theory into a practical manner for school settings. It more so addresses the … Continue reading