Making Sense of Student Work: A Protocol for Teacher Collaboration - Softcover

Kirsten R. Daehler; Jennifer Folsom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938287126 ISBN 13: 9781938287121

Publisher: WestEd, 2014

Synopsis

"[Making Sense of Student Work] supports teachers who want to understand what their students know and how they reason so that they can leverage learning in productive ways."

—Linda Darling-Hammond, Professor of Education, Stanford University


"The Making Sense of Student Work protocol gave me an amazing opportunity to connect with other educators. It helped me analyze the strengths and limitations of the tasks my students were engaged in during class. After completing the process, I was able to create more rigorous assessments that are better matched to what I want my students to take away from each lesson."

—Kyle Jenson, Classroom Teacher


"This protocol helps groups of teachers get to the heart of formative assessment. Through authentic inquiry and professional collaboration, teachers come to understand the complexities of how students think and make evidence-based choices about their teaching practices."

—Judith Warren Little, Dean, Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley


When teachers closely examine words and drawings created during the learning process, they gain a valuable window into their students' thinking. By examining student work, teachers can identify what students understand and where gaps in their understanding can be leveraged as opportunities for improvement.

Making Sense of Student Work is a self-facilitated protocol, ideal for collaborative groups of 3–24 teachers.

Edition details

• Publisher: WestEd
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938287126
• ISBN 13: 9781938287121
• Binding: Paperback