INNOVATION PROPOSAL

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B. ACTION STEPS

C. REQUIRED RESOURCES AND MILESTONES

D. RISK MANAGEMENT
MILESTONES POSSIBLE RISKS IMPACT OF ACTION TO IF RISK HAPPENS,
PROJECT PREVENT THE SPECIFIC ACTION
RISK TO LESSEN THE
IMPACT

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Identifying learning gaps The first step in addressing learning gaps is
to identify exactly where and what those gaps are, and which students
struggle with them. Quizzes are a quick and easy way to formatively assess
students on what they have learnt. These can be mini end-of-topic quizzes, or
even one covering a few units of a subject.
This first step to determining a students learning gap is to perform a variety of in class task and
collect various data. This data should then be documented as well as analyzed in order to
determine how well the student is performing or how far behind they may be.

Learning Gaps are referred to as being the difference between where students currently are in their
education level and where they should be; to determine a child’s learning gap teachers and students
should both perform and assess a variety of ongoing task. This first step to determining a students
learning gap is to perform a variety of in class task and collect various data. This data should then be
documented as well as analyzed in order to determine how well the student is performing or how far
behind they may be. Then, once the gap is discovered teachers should begin to address this gap by first
informing students of what they should be addressing themselves. For example, teachers must give
students descriptive feedback in order to inform students of what skills they are doing well with as well as
what skills they need to focus on. For this part of addressing student learning it is important to give
descriptive feedback rather than evaluative because descriptive offers students more concrete descriptions
of items they need to work on.

In conclusion, aside from identifying and addressing learning gaps, I also believe that it
is important to anticipate obstacles and misconceptions. This is extremely important
because if misconceptions are addressed before they occur, then this eliminates student
struggles and encourages more students learning. For example, as a teacher, if you are
able to identify and then address a variety of possible misconceptions within your lesson
then this eliminates time spent on having to go back and reiterate or correct the
misconception later. Thus allowing students to understand the material or task at hand
the first time instruction is given which then allows more time for students to correctly
perform the task at hand. Finally, while planning your lesson it is important to identify
strategies to address misconceptions so that you can than enforce different strategies
depending on what works best for the types of learners you have within your classroom.

Posted by Carol Holmes at 9:25 AM

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