https://padlet.com/ktonese06/ujrxl7c34462 en-us 2018-07-01 00:35:54 UTC 2018-07-01 01:33:06 UTC hello@padlet.com ktonese06 https://padlet.com/ktonese06/ujrxl7c34462/wish/269050212 Visible Learning refers to the direct and tangible impact educators have on student learning. Through this impact, educators measure their level of influence by students' ability to teach themselves. A student's ability to showcase what they are learning speaks to how effective the lessons are. 

While an educator's impact is often a visible result, there are other ways to measure its success:

• Effect size: is the comparing of results of different learning methods such as standardized testing, exams, and student work and/or assignments.
• Critical Evaluation: this requires educators to show and then allow students to see information they are learning through the lens of the world and the collaboration with others. Essentially, this is the student's opportunity to apply what they are learning.

]]> 2018-07-01 00:37:56 UTC https://padlet.com/ktonese06/ujrxl7c34462/wish/269050212 ktonese06 https://padlet.com/ktonese06/ujrxl7c34462/wish/269050215 While Visible Learning allows both educators and students to benchmark their understanding of content, to measure this understanding requires a meta-analysis. Meta-analysis "involves identifying a specific outcome and identifying an influence on that outcome" (Hattie, 12).

Learning is not always an enjoyable experience and because of this educators must be intentional in their approach. There are six pillars that encourage educator's excellence in education: 1) powerful influence in learning, 2) passionate engagement in the process of teaching, 3) student awareness and how each student effectively learns, 4) understanding the learning intentions of the curriculum and what is considered successful with each lesson, 5) the building of single ideas to multiple ideas, and 6) the creation of a welcoming and judgment-free environment. 

There are some elements that have to be taken into consideration when identifying influence:

• Providing student with challenging opportunities. Each student will be different which means lessons will have to vary to accommodate different learning styles. Educators must have this flexibility in order to encourage the mastery of topics.
• Deliberate interventions. It is important to understand what students are good at and where they need to improve on in order to create meaningful experiences (Hattie, 19).
• Create an engaging environment. While sharing information is important, creating an environment where students can share their experiences and work through their opinions in an enjoyable manner is vital.

]]> 2018-07-01 00:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ktonese06/ujrxl7c34462/wish/269050215 ktonese06 https://padlet.com/ktonese06/ujrxl7c34462/wish/269050221 Measuring the effect and ultimately the success of an educator is often tainted with the assumption that a low-performing student is the educator's fault. This is not the case. While there is a connection between an educator's beliefs and level of commitment to the success of students, the overall success of a student is a shared effort. Nevertheless, educator commitment does highly influence the classroom environment which can hurt or encourage student learning. 

Russell Bishop created a visible learning checklist that works through how students interpret their educators level of commitment (Hattie, 26). There are seven dimensions students have identified that either create high-value or low-value educators:

1. Care - refers to the emotional connection between educators and students
2. Control - the balance between respect and use of classroom time
3. Clarity - the variety of teaching methods that accommodates different learning styles
4. Challenge - measures how much content is actually learned
5. Captivate - the ability to keep students engaged and interested
6. Confer - an educator's ability to respect students opinions and questions
7. Consolidate - an educator's effort to evaluate and ensure students understand course material

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