Mindful Assessment: The 6 Essential Fluencies of Innovative Learning (Teaching 21st Century Skills to Modern Learners) - Softcover

Crockett, Lee; Churches, Andrew

 
9781942496885: Mindful Assessment: The 6 Essential Fluencies of Innovative Learning (Teaching 21st Century Skills to Modern Learners)

Synopsis

It is time to rethink the relationship between teaching and learning and assess the crucial skills students need to succeed in the 21st century. The authors assert that educators must focus assessment on mindfulness and feedback for improvement, framing assessment around six fluencies students need to cultivate. The book provides scenarios, lessons, activities, and assessment rubrics.

Benefits

  • Discover the essential fluencies and skills students need for success in the 21st century.
  • Examine different kinds of assessments and their focuses, strengths, and weaknesses.
  • Gain assessment rubrics for evaluating students' skills in the fluencies.
  • Access sample lessons and projects that support the fluencies.
  • Employ the Solution Fluency Activity Planner to help students develop the fluencies they'll need to succeed in the 21st century.

Contents

Preface

Introduction: Lessons from the Dojo

  1. Approaches to Assessment
  2. Structure of the Fluencies Assessment Framework
  3. Solution Fluency Assessment Framework
  4. Information Fluency Assessment Framework
  5. Creativity Fluency Assessment Framework
  6. Media Fluency Assessment Framework
  7. Collaboration Fluency Assessment Framework
  8. Global Digital Citizen Assessment Framework

Epilogue: Where Will You Go from Here?

Appendix: Glossary of Command Terms

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About the Author

Andrew Churches is a teacher and ICT enthusiast. He teaches at Kristin School on Auckland s North Shore, a school with a mobile computing program that sees students with personal mobile devices and laptops. He is an edublogger, wiki author, and innovator. In 2008, Andrew s wiki, Educational Origami, was nominated for the Edublogs Best Wiki awards. He contributes to a number of web sites and blogs including Techlearning, Spectrum Education magazine, and the Committed Sardine Blog. Andrew believes that to prepare our students for the future we must prepare them for change and teach them to question, think, adapt, and modify.

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