Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners, Grades K-12
Maximizing Skill, Will, and Thrill
- Nancy Frey - San Diego State University, USA
- John Hattie - The University of Melbourne, Australia
- Douglas Fisher - San Diego State University, USA
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“When students know how to learn, they are able to become their own teachers.”
—Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and John Hattie
Imagine students who describe their learning in these terms: “I know where I’m going, I have the tools I need for the journey, and I monitor my own progress.” Now imagine the extraordinary difference this type of ownership makes in their progress over the course of a school year.
This illuminating book shows how to make this scenario an everyday reality in your classroom — one that will significantly increase your students’ capacity to thrive as they take responsibility for their own learning.
With its foundation in principles introduced in the authors’ bestselling Visible Learning for Literacy, this resource delves more deeply into the critical component of self-assessment. Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners reveals
- The most effective types of assessment and how each can motivate students to higher levels of achievement
- How to introduce students to the tools they will use to support their own learning, along with the know-how they need to choose the right tool for any learning challenge
- How to create a classroom culture where errors are viewed as opportunities to learn
- The learning strategies, including cognitive, metacognitive, and motivational strategies, that fuel student progress, and how to give students opportunities to use them
- Real-world examples of the strategies and tools at work, through classroom scenarios contained in the book and online videos accessible via QR codes
As inspiring as it is practical, Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners gives you a clear strategy for empowering each of your students in shaping their own educational success.
About the Authors
Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, renowned educator-leaders with more than 41 combined years of K-12 and college teaching experience, currently work full-time at HMSHC. Together with John Hattie, they’ve authored an influential series of bestselling books on Visible Learning.
Dr. John Hattie is an internationally acclaimed author, educator and researcher whose innovative Visible Learning research synthesizes 15 years of studies involving millions of students. He is the Professor of Education and Director of the Melbourne Education Research Institute at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
| Characteristics of Visible Learners |
| What Is Visible Learning? |
| Conclusion |
| What Does It Mean to Learn? |
| What Fuels Learning? |
| Characteristics of Assessment-Capable Visible Learners |
| High-Yield Influences to Build Assessment-Capable Visible Learners |
| Conclusion |
| Confidence in the Teacher |
| Recognizing When You Don’t Know Something |
| Metacognitive Awareness |
| Assessing in Advance of Instruction |
| Anchoring |
| Conclusion |
| Learning Intentions and Success Criteria |
| Teacher Clarity |
| Clear Explanations and Guided Instruction |
| Attention in Learning |
| Motivation in Learning |
| Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulation |
| Conclusion |
| Learning How to Learn |
| The Effects of Practice on Learning |
| Teach Students How to Practice, Study, and Learn |
| Problem Solving |
| Create Opportunities to Apply Strategies |
| Conclusion |
| Feedback Fuels Learning |
| A Model of Feedback |
| Create Feedback Opportunities |
| Soliciting Feedback |
| Seeing Errors as Opportunities for Learning (and Celebrating Those Errors) |
| Conclusion |
| Reflective Self-Questioning |
| Collaboration to Foster Self-Questioning |
| Self-Questioning to Reflect on Goals |
| Planning and Organizing to Adjust Learning |
| Conclusion |
| Formative Evaluations That Inform Students |
| Interpreting Their Data |
| Student-Led Assessments |
| Skillful Use of Formative and Summative Evaluation |
| Competency-Based Grading |
| Peer Learning |
| Teaching Each Other With Student Think-Alouds |
| Teaching Each Other With Reciprocal Teaching |
| Conclusion |
| Assessment-Capable Schools Are Filled With Adaptive Learning Experts |
| Assessment-Capable Schools Use Strategic and Flexible Grouping |
| Mindframes of Assessment-Capable Schools |
| Conclusion |
Free resources
Chapter 1: Defining Assessment-Capable Visible Learners
Get a sneak peek into the book with this first chapter of Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners, Grades K-12, where the authors define what an assessment-capable learner is and explore how teachers can create them.
Webinar: Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners
Hear from Nancy Frey and Douglas Fisher, authors of Developing Assessment-Capable Visible Learners, how a framework centered around relationships, clarity, and challenge increases student learning.