Teaching Students to Drive Their Learning: A Playbook on Engagement and Self-Regulation, K-12

High levels of engagement can be attained by focusing on what galvanizes learning and offering the tools and mindsets with which students can lean in. This playbook provides nine modules to help teachers guide self-starting learners, including cohering standards, success criteria, tasks, and goals, offering tools to recognize the gap between current performance and the expected performance, talking with students about engagement as a continuum, and using low-stakes assessment and feedback routines to develop effective collaboration. Teachers should stay on the sidelines and let students play to develop the muscle to persevere, the strategic actions to excel, and the confidence to make their curriculum the springboard of their own dreams and goals.

Format: Spiral bound
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 15 September 2023
Publisher: SAGE Publications Inc

High levels of engagement are achievable, but it requires a focused approach. To attain this, we must identify what galvanizes learning and provide the necessary tools and mindsets for students to lean in. This playbook, compiled by an expert team of educators, offers valuable guidance for self-starting learners.

Nine modules are presented in this playbook, each designed to help educators cohere standards, success criteria, tasks, and goals, creating clear pathways for students. These modules also provide tools that enable learners to assess their current performance and identify areas for improvement, selecting strategies to close the gap. The focus is on engaging students as a continuum, emphasizing that engagement is not a fixed state but a journey that can be enhanced through various actions.

Stress-testing lesson plans is emphasized to ensure students can engage in meaningful discussions, debates, creation, and problem-solving around highly relevant content. Low-stakes assessment and feedback routines are employed to foster effective collaboration that does not rely solely on the teacher.

The ultimate goal of educators is to create learning experiences that build knowledge and self-efficacy. However, it is crucial to step back and allow students to play an active role in their learning journey. Only then can they develop the perseverance, strategic actions, and confidence to pursue their dreams and goals, making our curriculum a springboard for their personal and academic growth.

Weight: 528g
Dimension: 227 x 283 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781071918951