Progress Monitoring using Notebooks
How To
Students will maintain a science notebook, where they will:
- Take class notes.
- Record the class goal set by the teacher.
- Set their own goals for each class.
- Write down personal connections to the material.
Example
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Set goals for them (establish a section of “goal tracker” in their notebooks. This will comprise of two parts, (1) skills I learned (2) knowledge I learned (3) a requirement for a paragraph for how the student finds this relevant to their own lives.
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In each section of class notes, aside from the goals that I'd need them to master, they are going to write down their own goals for the class. It can be a soft-skill goal or a content specific goal.
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A progress tracker section will be used in the notebook, to help them keep track of whether they are able to answer a specific type of problem.
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Their notebooks are going to be collected once every two weeks to grade on their progress.
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At the end of a unit, students will do a mind map to summarize the unit and write me a paragraph about the mind map.
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Teacher will grade biweekly on the notebook.
Why is this Important
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Enable students to make their own connections to the knowledge being discussed.
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Facilitate student autonomy and self awareness.
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Help students with logic and sequencing.
Student Notebook Examples: MS Science/HS Physics
Student checks the goal when it has been accomplished at the end of day. There are personal goals and class goals rotated each class.
Questions posed by teacher which can be used as a formative or summative.
Notes should be taken by students, and can be facilitated by teacher modelling.
Connections are to be made by students.
Additional resources
1. Open Sci Ed Notebook example- by Weibert Science
2. Using Interactive Science Notebooks for Inquiry-Based Science by Robert Chesbro