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Articulate and maintain high expectations for learning. |
Touchstones 1-4"Teachers must make their expectations for learning explicit to students... there's a science to doing this. Done well, teachers can increase student motivation and achievement..."
"Similarly, teachers must translate high expectations into unit and lesson plans that give students the opportunity to learn challenging content." -Goodwin & Hubbell (2013) Touchstone Summaries and Evidence-Based Explanations Taken Directly from the Appendix in The 12 Touchstones of Good Teaching: What They Look Like and Why They're Important, Goodwin & Hubbell (2013)
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Why it's important
1. "The strongest school-level correlate of student success is the opportunity to learn - the extent to which curriculum is aligned to standards and assessments. Aligning lessons and units to standards ensures students are challenged and no gaps or redundancies exist in their learning experiences."
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2. "One of the strongest predictors of student success is fate control - a belief in their ability to control their own academic destinies. By setting and achieving small goals, students develop fate control, learned optimism, and a willingness to take on new challenges. Research suggests teacher effectiveness largely boils down to deliberate teaching of learning objectives."
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3. "Research shows that clear performance rubrics improve student achievement by helping focus student learning. Rubrics may also support intrinsic motivation by helping students find and work through their own "Goldilocks zone" of challenge - where work is neither too easy nor too difficult."
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4. "Studies suggest that grade inflation remains a real phenomenon, giving students the false impression that they are prepared for the rigors of later learning opportunities. One reason for this may be that course grades often incorporate a hodgepodge of non-academic factors, which, in effect, lower expectations for students."
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