Learning from your progress report

Greetings physics student/athlete!

As you receive progress reports from your teachers, you may or may not be motivated by your current performance. In our class, the feedback/grade system is designed to help you have a clear way to advance your learning if you choose to engage with it.

In our system, your feedback is rubric-based, not points-based.  Therefore, when you see your progress report grade, it is most helpful to look a bit deeper and examine the learning goal skills demonstrated on your most recent assessments. You will find your current standings on ActiveGrade (https://activegrade.appspot.com/DannugPhysics).  When you see the current bar charts of your skills, remember what each number means on the rubric:

4 - shows Advanced skill with this learning goal
3 - shows Proficient skill with this learning goal
2 - shows Developing skill with this learning goal
1 - shows Beginning skill with this learning goal

In class, we developed descriptors for the levels of each skill level. Refer to your notes about that discussion.

As you take time to reflect on your progress, here are some beneficial questions to ask yourself:

1. What made my response on the last assessment show the level that is given as feedback?
   
2. What is the difference between my response and a response one level up?
   
3. What action(s) will I do to learn and practice so that my response on the next assessment will be one level up?
   

As you reflect with these questions, keep in mind that you have many resources available to you. Your classmates can help you become clear about the level you currently demonstrated; additionally, the students whose feedback is one level higher than yours would be great peer-coaches to help you know how to respond better next time. Talk with your classmates.  Also, I am always available by appointment after school on certain days; set up an appointment to go over concepts with me.


Reflecting in this way will help you actively prepare for the next assessment, where the skill-rating scores you demonstrate will take the place of your current scores.