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Episode 13: Forget that Letter Grade! Adopting a Mastery Focus
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In this episode we talk about:
- What is mastery focus?
- Using a mastery focus to view student work and to make assessment decisions when evaluating homework and classwork
- Make small changes by grading differently on classwork assignments before changing your test scoring
- Give constructive feedback to students that encourages them to try again and resubmit
- Create boundaries for re-submitting assignments to maintain fairness
- The goal is to allow students to revise their work so they can build confidence and be more self-motivated to strive
- for success
- Our mindset must shift as teachers to become more of a coach or facilitator who is on a collaborative learning journey with the students
- Mastery focus reduces cheating in the classroom
- The mastery focus also reduces behavior problems and helps with classroom management
- Reflect on the main goals and priorities you have for your students and their learning outcomes.
- Promoting a growth mindset for ourselves and for our students
- Purging our learning environments of discouraging displays and practices
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In this episode we talk about:
Don’t forget to head over to itunes and leave me a review! You will help more teachers find our community!
Check out my website to download free teaching resources and printable activities: https://ashleyhinkle.com
How to get in touch with me:
You can email me: hi@ashleyhinkle.com
You can find me @AshleyBHinkle on Twitter, Instagram, and Pinterest
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