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1. What does the term "Productive Struggle" mean in the classroom?
2. What behaviors can be observed with regards to the term "Productive Struggle" when looking at your class?
3. Do our students have the "grit" necessary to be successful?  If you think they do, what do you do daily to ensure they maintain and enhance this?  If you feel they do not, what are you going to start doing on Day 1 to ensure they start to develop it?
4. Look at the 2015-16 Benchmark Data provided within your folder.  Paying close attention to the starred data table,  what are some conclusions you reach when looking at the following:
- How are the highest performing students (in terms of class grades) performing on the Benchmark and PARCC assessments?
- How are the lowest performing students (in terms of class grades) performing on the Benchmark and PARCC assessments?
- What is the impact of this data with regards to students, staff, school, and the Long Branch Community?

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Group 4Students that did well it did not correlate to their parc test scores.  If they did poorly on the benchmark, they did poorly on the parc

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Group 4Students that did well it did not correlate to their parc test scores.  If they did poorly on the benchmark, they did poorly on the parc

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Group 4

Get them in the routine, strategies, rewrite notes. Consistency, Students need to know that their teachers have grit, need to be an example, classroom needs to be the same,

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3. We believe that it is difficult to group the students into one group. Some students have grit, some don't but the great majority can be motivated to have grit. So much of it is intrinsic. Consistency is key to having the students be successful. Differentiated instruction is a crucial element to make goals attainable for all students.

4. Some students lack the focus and the test taking skills. (Stamina)
There is a gap in curriculum pacing vs. what is on the test (Expected level vs. actual level)

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1. "Productive Struggle" means to work collaboratively towards a common goal to solve a problem with teachers guiding but not giving them the answers.

2. With Productive Struggle we can notice more collaboration and perseverance in students.  They may want to give up out of frustration, but we must remind them that nobody ever said it would be easy.

3. Our students do have grit, we can see it in them when they're interested in something, whether it be athletics or their cell phones.  We need to understand how to strike their interest and show them purpose in what they're learning.

4.  -When looking at the highest performing students on the Benchmark and PARCC, we noticed that only 30% of them were meeting the standards of the assessment.  We know a higher level of achievement is possible and we should strive to get them to that in the classroom. Many of the students do not wish to see the importance of the PARCC test, which impacts their grades.

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1.students are getting experience and they are learning more and they work for the understanding before being given the answer.

2.frustration, a spoon feeding expectation, conversations between kids for help and guidance, shut down, exit strategies, hesitation at first, then applying effort.

3. Students have grit to varying degrees.  Students need a consistent higher level of expectations and provide support for students who are struggling.  For example providing students work one question at a time so the student who is struggling on question 2 while another student who is working on question 5 doesn't feel left behind.  Many students need to be built up and expand grit which might exist outside of school but not applied to academics.

4. The highest performing students have largest growth in benchmarks and highest percentage meeting expectations but there is definite room for improvement.

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Students working together to figure out the answer without help from the teacher and figuring out on their own.

Teamwork, discussion, explaining students working together students leading , finding the areas of weakness and having the teacher "lead", investigation, struggle, students may get frustrated

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1. Productive Struggle means to reinforce the idea that failure is okay, because it'll teach them to persevere and find answers and information on their own.

2. Certain behaviors that students show include wandering the halls, covering their heads, shutting down, yelling, ripping up papers, arguing among themselves, etc.

3. Certain students do have grit, but others may need it to be instilled in them on a more consistent basis. We need to help students understand that the world beyond school has different consequences. Also, having grit includes being able to use the ideas and concepts that they're taught in school, and apply them to their adult lives.

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-Not spoon feeding the students the answers.
-Allowing them to be independent thinkers and problem-solvers.
-Encouraging students to work collaboratively to discover the answer.
-Providing the time for students to develop the persevering skills needed to problem solve.

2.
-Meaningful discussions between each other
-Thinking-processes and learning strategies
-Students taking the initiative to lead the group as well as studentś taking other product roles
-Coping skills

3.
Unfortunately, the majority of students do not have Grit. However, they all have the ability to develop it! It is essential that we as teachers teach, show, and demonstrate Grit to them. Whether it is allowing them to fail and encouraging them to try it again and again and again, or leading them through difficult moments with love and support, not answers. Building our students confidence is key - showing them they ARE capable of achieving greatness.

4.
-Students whom are performing the highest are furthest along meaning the majority is Meeting and/or Approaching.
- The majority of our students are unfortunately scoring 70-79% during the school year. Comparing these scores to PARCC, they are partially meeting the requirements at best.
-The impact shows us as teachers and staff that we need to increase the rigor within in our classes, while also teaching perseverance and grit.