Setting objectives and providing feedback give students directions and help them think about their own learning.  Teachers need to define concrete, measurable objectives and encourage students to personalize them.  Feedback should be timely and refer to specific levels of performance.

Marzano's recommendations for classroom practice include:

• setting objectives that are not too specific

• personalizing objectives

• communicating objectives

• negotiating contracts

• using criterion-referenced feedback and explanations

• using feedback from assessments

• engaging students in peer feedback

• asking students to self-assess

Technology Integration:

• SOL Essential Knowledge from Curriculum Frameworks
  • template
  • sample

• Letters to parents explaining learning objectives and criteria for grading

• Contracts- goal setting
  • Reading contracts
  • Reading logs

• Electronic Portfolios-  (PowerPoint template)
  • goal setting
  • feedback during conferences
  • Electronic portfolios website

• Rubrics using Excel (sample)

• Rubrics for Web Lessons - information and resources for creating rubrics for Internet lessons

• Guidelines for Rubric Development - steps, terms and concept words for creating rubrics

• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators - Assessment and Rubric Information

• ExamView
  • easily create practice assignments, quizzes, tests, etc. from question banks
  • students complete assignments on computer - great practice for online SOL testing
  • grades assignments and provides student with instant feedback
  • provides teacher with grade and multiple reports

• GCPS Elementary website
  • interactive websites for each subject area and SOL
  • SOL review activities

• TES iBoard

Home  |  1-Similarities & Differences  |  2-Summarizing & Note-Taking  |  3-Effort & Recognition

4-Homework & Practice  |  5-Non-Linguistics Representations  |  6-Cooperative Learning

7-Objectives & Feedback  |  8-Hypotheses  |  9-Questions, Cues, & Adv. Organizers

created by Sherri Miller, ITRT, Gloucester County Public Schools
VSTE Conference ~ February, 2008