Revisit Learning intentions

What is the value of using

learning intentions?

What are the challenges

for you?

SUCCESS CRITERIAand a review of learning intentions

Learning Intentions

•Review purpose of learning intentions

• Understand purpose of success criteria

• Practice writing success criteria

Research tells usStudents need to know what skills, knowledgeor understanding they are expected to learn, sothey can improve their performance.

….. Learning Intention

Research also tells us ….

Students need to be told how they will be assessed, so that they can judge for themselves whether or not they have learned what they were expected to.

…… Success Criteria“If you don’t have success criteria then it’s kind of like going for your licence without knowing what the examiner will be looking for” (Student, 16)

Learning Intentions

• Review purpose of learning intentions

•Understand purpose of success criteria

• Practice writing success criteria

Success Criteria

•Why share success criteria?

•What do they look like?

•What are process and performance criteria?

An exampleA series of dot points might be used to list the success criteria for solving a maths problem.

For example,

You will-

1. provide a written summary of the problem in your own words

2. use an appropriate strategy.

3. explain the process used or the working out

4. have an accurate answer, which uses correct terminology

5. provide evidence of having checked the answer

Why are success criteria important?

• Improve understanding

•Gives the students a platform to judge their performance

•Encourage independent learning

•Enable accurate feedback

Why share success criteria?It’s simple …..

If you don’t know the expectations • How can you know if you are successful• How can your teacher know if you are successful

It is not enough for the teacher to know what they are looking for – the student has to know also.

Effective Success Criteria• are linked to the learning intention;

• are specific to an activity;

• are discussed and agreed with pupils prior to undertaking the activity;

• provide a scaffold and focus for pupils while engaged in the activity; and

• are used as the basis for feedback and

• peer-/self-assessment.

Effective Success CriteriaWe are learning to…

present an argument.We are learning to…

calculate the passing of time in 5-minute intervals.

Remember to…

1. include opening and closing statements

2. give reasons for and against3. use evidence to support4. use language to persuade

Remember to…

1.count from the minute hand2.stop where the minute hand

finishes3.count in fives4.go clockwise

What do they look like?

Depending on the purpose and the assessment activity, different kinds of success

criteria may be used.

PROCESS CRITERIA

PERFORMANCE CRITERIA

Process Criteria

• Spell out a series of steps that the student needs to work through in order to complete the task.

• Don’t address the issue of quality

TASK : Write an information report about kangaroos

You will be able to write An introduction that tells what kangaroos are, A paragraph about where they are found A paragraph about their physical characteristics, A paragraph about what they eat A conclusion that provides one extra piece of

interesting information

Performance Criteria

Provides some kind of evaluation of the quality of the student work.

TASK : Write an information report about kangaroos

You will be able to: Structure your information report (introduction, paragraph,

conclusion)

Provide accurate information about location, physical characteristics and diet

Check for accurate spelling, punctuation and sentnece structure

Learning Intention and Success Criteria

We are learning to order 3 digit whole numbers

• I can put 3 digit numbers in order from lowest to highest

• I can explain my thinking (why the numbers are in this

order)

We are learning to write a letter

• I start my letter with the greeting; Dear …….

• I leave a line after the greeting

• I finish my letter with a salutation; from ……

Learning Intentions

• Review purpose of learning intentions

• Understand purpose of success criteria

•Practice writing success criteria

Your turnWork with your team to practice Success Criteria

It could be for something you have already taught or for

something you are going to teach this week.

• What is/was your learning intention?

• How will you know your students have achieved this

learning?

Traps ….Do your success criteria refer to the specific skills, knowledge and understanding that you wanted the students to learn.

• Do they refer to all of these?• Do they refer to extra skills, knowledge, understandings not in

the learning intention?

Does the activity provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate all the success criteria?

Does your share/reflection time link back to your learning intention and success criteria?

In summary….

To take more responsibility for their own learning, pupils need to know:

•what they are going to learn;•how they will recognise when they have

succeeded; and •why they should learn it in the first place.

In summary …

Using Learning Intentions and Success Criteria•creates more self-motivated pupils;

•gives students the language to articulate their learning

•empowers pupils to become independent learners;

•improves understanding; and

•can help focus feedback.

This isn’t all new•We do this anyway but we are being very specific about our

expectations to the students

What about rubrics?

Assessment for Learning

Visit the Professional Learning section http://www.assessmentforlearning.edu.au/

Your takeaway

What is something you will takeaway from

tonight’s Professional Learning session?