Changes needed “Inside the Black Box”

Traditional classroom

practices

Formative assessment works significantly and with low achievers.

The quality of feedback needs to be enhanced.

Learning must be interactive. (The social

construction of knowledge)

Grades versus standards

Student self-efficacy is enhanced with good feedback:

from LUCK

TASK DIFFICULTY ABILITY

toHARD WORK

Questioning and convergent thinking versus HOTS

Calibration to standards

High expectations

Attitudes

The bell curvepredicted and

expected failure

Grades rank, but

don’t inform

Student self assessment: rubrics and examples before unit