Success criteria is another topic I´ve been trying hard to improve as it is my flow. I´ve spent my whole last year trying to work it out withour any "success". I´ve found this on the web:
The learning intention of a lesson tells students what they should know, understand and be able to do, and the success criteria help teachers to decide whether their students have achieved the learning intention. Sts will asnwer the following question;
- How will I know whether I've achieved the learning intention?
So far, I´ve discovered that most of my "criteria" have been described wrongly since they couldn´t show what sts have achieved the goal! Sometimes it was out of subject, some other times it was unattainable, and on some occations it was too easy to achieve! Thus, I´ve started paying more attention to the criteria I develop for a learning intention. I´ve made some improvements and I´ve used some which could easily show sts how well they´ve worked in the class. But I still find some mistakes in the rubrics chosen for certain activities. I imagine that it has to do with practice. I won´t give up, they say that PRACTICE makes PERFECT.
Dai, this is exactly what I do when I read your plans! Imean first Iread your intention and then I move on to the SC in this way, we can clearly see if the idicators are coherent with the lesson, then if they are achievable and if they can be measured with objectivity. There many descriptors that may confuse the students because success will depend on the person that assess them.
ReplyDeleteAnd I´ve discovered that many of the learning intentions didn´t coincide with the sc! Or the other way round. Food for thought.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you Ms. Dai, when you set a success criteria kids will know which the goals are and we'll (hopefully)get satisfactory results. Besides, I believe that including this routine every time we do a piece of creative writing or any other type of activity will lower anxiety levels.
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