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We produced these charts using a regular 8.5x11" (or legal sized) printout from Excel and then enlarging it to wall-chart size on the poster printer.
Push my thinking
At the end of the video, I suggest that we need to do some more thinking around how to prompt each student around where they need to be working when they come in the room (or outside of class, in an online space). Any great ideas out there?
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Using Wall Charts for Student Motivation and Ownership With Differentiated Pacing
Published: 05/16/11
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Problem of practice
What simple method(s) can instill student ownership and motivation to complete assignments when using an outcomes-based grading scheme, where course pacing is highly differentiated and students might be tempted to lose their sense of urgency?
Solution
Though not my invention, the large wall charts we use at Olympus Academy are a low-tech, high impact technique that make a big difference in our ability to motivate student credit accumulation in our self-paced, blended courses.
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Systems like these are so effective. I taught integrated algebra this past year and I used a portfolio system similar to yours. Based on assessments on individual learning targets students would get a check mark if they get an 85 or higher. If they got 3 check marks over the semester they were considered an expert in the learning target. If they got below an 85% they had to complete some task(worksheets, after school help followed by a requiz, etc). While this system was effective it was very frustrating to manage and also time consuming (I did not have a chart up on the wall, I handed out progress reports every 2 weeks).
I think the following features in a software program would make standard based grading a norm:
I hope this project is picked. Thanks for sharing!
Not just completion
Have you thought about color coding to correspond to achievement, not just completion- i.e. if a student completes an assignment with a score of 80% or higher they color the square in green, 70-80% yellow, and below 70% red. This might get students think about quality of work, not just work completion.
The Digital Version
This is such a great idea. I started thinking that a public space (either on the wall or digitally) to show student skill mastery could also be extremely helpful to both teachers and students (and parents if it's web-based. Bravo.
wall charts
Thanks for doing this. You are really on to someting. Using visualization for the adults as well as students is a great strategy. A couple of thoughts. Have you read Edward Tufte's work on visualization? It can really get your creative thinking going. Also, it may make sense to use "heat map" colors and formats to capture progress. I will try to find examples and post them. Thanks for sharing this. I hope others start thinking about how we use our environment to motivate learning across the board.