One high-yield strategy that came to light a few years back is one that fosters metacognition.
Students are given an assignment to complete, then shown samples of other students' work, discuss the merits and gaps in said work, and return to their own work to improve it before submitting it for assessment.
Much as I dislike EQAO for a number of philosophical reasons, I do appreciate the bank of annotated student work exemplars provided from years' past tests.
Today we looked at some examples of Grade 3 work from an open response question in geometry, which the students had completed for homework the night before. Click on the photo above to see a full screen image of what we did.
Students are given an assignment to complete, then shown samples of other students' work, discuss the merits and gaps in said work, and return to their own work to improve it before submitting it for assessment.
Much as I dislike EQAO for a number of philosophical reasons, I do appreciate the bank of annotated student work exemplars provided from years' past tests.
Today we looked at some examples of Grade 3 work from an open response question in geometry, which the students had completed for homework the night before. Click on the photo above to see a full screen image of what we did.