Although it is more of an umbrella of all the learning that will take place.
It's not real specific.
This is something I could add in.
Today's learning goal.
And then what it will look like if they are successful in achieving that goal.
How to show that though?
What if it's an open-ended problem?
What about a concept like the Pythagorean Theorem?
Solving Equations?
Angles?
To communicate the success criteria for an open-ended problem, I would stress the importance of showing all work on the VWBs and being able to explain their thinking process from start to finish. It would be more of a verbal "this is what your success will look like" than an actual example.
For more concrete problems like solving equations and the Pythagorean Theorem, I could show a sample problem of what showing all your work looks like, the number of steps, and how to organize the work.
Basically, involving the learner in all aspects of their learning process is what success criteria is all about. This makes sense. Why do we keep all the goals to ourselves.
1) Challenge: With the quiz rubrics, students already have a resource to identify their strengths and weaknesses. But by also sharing the success criteria, the learning gaps will make more sense to the students, as well as the achievements!
2) Self-Commitment: I already feel like BTC places more of the learning responsibility on the student. By making these success criteria visible to them, it creates a more intrinsic motivation as well.
3) Self-Confidence: With BTC, I have heard students working at the VWBs exclaim, "I feel so accomplished!" By understanding the success criteria, this should be even more evident as they gain understanding.
4) Expectations of the Learner: Reflecting on their learning is something we continually strive to work into our lessons. Identifying success criteria should make this reflection an easier process.
5) Conceptual Understanding: Yes. Yes! YES!!!! Hopefully, this will aid in fluency as well.
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