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Check out this article by Heather Rader on getting and giving student feedback, a concept that is central to AFL!







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Getting and Giving Student Feedback

Heather Rader

I saved this quote from an email with the title "Why We Love Children":



A little girl had just finished her first… Continue

An important part of Assessment For Learning is helping students know "what they know" and "what they don't." For younger students (K-1), this is certainly a challenge. What follows is a nugget worth sharing from The Daily Five by Joan Moser and Gail Boushey...

As teachers are modeling a particular procedure or strategy, or after students have practiced a technique, teachers ask the students to gauge their understanding or performance in the following way: "Hold your fist close to… Continue