Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning
Arthur L Costa author Bena Kallick author
Format:Paperback
Publisher:SAGE Publications Inc
Published:19th Feb '04
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Are we preparing students for a life of tests or for the tests of life?
Educators agree that the characteristics of self-directed learners are traits that students will need to succeed in school and in life. Accurately assessing the skills and behaviors of self-directed learning is essential in developing life-long, self-initiated learning habits.Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning provides successful methods for assessing students′ progress towards becoming self-managing, self-monitoring, and self-modifying learners. Using practical examples drawn from a variety of classrooms and schools, renowned authors Arthur L. Costa and Bena Kallick present educators with strategies for designing diverse ways of gathering, organizing, and reporting evidence of continual learning.
This hands-on book provides the practical tools that educators need to implement these ideas, including:
- Classroom activities
- Sample rubrics
- Forms, portfolios, questions, and checklists
- Examples of student work
Assessment Strategies for Self-Directed Learning offers a more balanced and complete evaluation method that includes classroom-based assessments that complement state-based assessments. Authors Costa and Kallick illustrate the means to develop and cultivate the intellectual dispositions of self-evaluation and self-correction in all students.
"How much do students really love to learn, to persist, to passionately attach a problem or a task? ..to watch some of their prized ideas explode and to start anew? ...to go beyond being merely dutiful or long-winded? Let us assess such things." -- Grant Wiggins
ISBN: 9780761938712
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: 380g
192 pages