Develop Students as GRE4T LEARNERS
Develop Your Students to be THE BEST Learners THEY CAN BE!
How are teaching methods helping students become better learners?
Fostering learning shouldn’t take a backseat to delivering content.
The research is clear–all classroom instructional actions must focus on developing the students to become the best learners they can be!
Teachers who cultivate self-directed learners leverage motivation, goal-setting, self-regulation, and feedback to empower students. By creating conditions where students can articulate their own expectations and reflect on their progress, educators foster true ownership of learning. Research shows that students who can thoughtfully assess their own performance accelerate their learning at more than three times the typical rate, with an effect size of .96 (Visiblelearningmetax.com)
Providing students with dispositional tools allows them to understand what good learners do and gives them the confidence to approach learning with a mindset to take on challenges and overcome obstacles! Help your students know what to do when they don’t know what to do. CCE has adapted the work from Claxton et. al 2011 to support schools and classroom teachers in promoting four critical attributes of GRE4T Learners
Professional Development for Developing GRE4T Learners
Developing GRE4T Learners is an interactive and dynamic professional development workshop that helps educators develop expertise in designing instructional actions to support developing students learning dispositions through the teaching of existing content and curriculum. Teachers will learn strategies to teach students to use metacognition, select learning tools, increase motivation and take ownership of their learning through goal setting.
Participants will be able to
- Promote student reflection through structured questioning and self-assessment strategies
- Develop effective student goal-setting strategies
- Provide actionable feedback that guides student improvement and fosters growth
- Support students in develop self-regulation actions as they learn
- Promote effective collaboration techniques for students to support and challenge their peers
- Utilize criteria to improve progress-monitoring and inform instructional decisions.
- Create opportunities for students to take true ownership of their learning